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activity promotion National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence School child Children & young adults activity, increase in physical activity, reduction of health inequalities national campaign to promote physical activity among children and young people. The campaign should be informed by research/consultation with young people and their parents and integrated with and support other national health campaigns and strategies to increase participation in play and sport and reduce obesity (such as ‘Change4Life’). Encourage regional and local campaigns to use the same messages (and resources), as well as promoting examples of local opportunities to be physically active. Evaluate. Ensure the following explicitly address the need for children and young people to be physically active: − children and young people’s plans − joint strategic needs assessments − local development and planning frameworks − sustainable community plans and strategies. Ensure there is a coordinated local strategy to increase quantitative systematic reviews, one review of qualitative studies of people’s views, 3 ‘intervention’ reviews and one literature review of opinions and experiences. Evidence statements based on reliable sources, about the effectiveness of interventions were: Supervised physical activity interventions conducted in the pre-school setting can be effective in improving core physical skills. Cycling promotion projects (involving external agencies and support of parents and the local community), targeting primary and secondary school children can lead to large self-reported increases in cycling both at 9–11 months and over 20–23 months. The introduction of school travel plans and direct support from a school travel plan adviser at primary schools did not lead to increases in self-reported levels of walking and cycling at 12 months. A mix of promotional measures including curriculum, parental and community promotions (for example, mapping safe routes to implemented locally in some areas but there is no consistent national programme or a co-ordinated approach good evidence of its effectiveness and is recommended for use in the UK