A report has found that only 10% of people who say they do the amount of exercise recommended by the Government are actually active enough.
While a third of people say they are doing enough exercise, most are not managing the 30 minutes of moderate exercise, five times a week guideline suggested by the Government.
The NHS Information Centre report, which questioned 16,000 households in England, found that only one in 20 people are meeting Government targets.
The report also found that the exercise habits of men and women had distinct differences, with men significantly fitter than women.
However, despite the fact that men exercise more, they are found to be more likely to sit around at the weekends.
Men spend more time playing sport and doing manual work, but women do more heavy housework, the report found. It concluded that on average men are active on 13.9 days in a month, compared with 12.2 days for women.
In addition, 10% more men than women said they were meeting exercise targets.
The NHS Information Centre’s chief executive, Tim Straughan, said: “What’s clear is that there is a stark mismatch between how much adults say they are doing and what they are doing in reality.”
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