The proportion of Australians who are not active — and who report exercise is no longer a priority — has increased substantially in the latest AusPlay survey.
abc.net.au/news/sport-exercise-mental-health-benefits-ausplay-survey-2022/101599664A record number of Australians may be dropping exercise down their life priority list but many more appear to be seeing its broader benefits, according to the annual, 20,000-person AusPlay survey of the country's exercise habits.
However, while the survey also showed children are returning to weekly out-of-school exercise — 47 per cent compared to 42 in the previous year — it also showed getting active is no longer as important for some Australians. “Australians see the benefits of being active for their physical and mental health and we must continue to address the barriers that are stopping them from being active,” Ms Wells said.Victoria University's professor of sport participation, Rochelle Eime, said keeping Australians involved in exercise helps people individually as well as society at large.
Among men, bushwalking continues to be popular, coming in as their third-most-popular non-sport activity after walking and going to the gym or attending to personal fitness. Rochelle Eime said people who do solo exercise will be more likely to be motivated by mental health reasons."People don't go [to] play tennis on a Saturday afternoon for mental health [reasons]. It can help contribute to a whole range of things, but generally it's to go and have fun and play with some mates.
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