The two bar charts provide an overview of physical activity among adult men and women in England during the 2016-2017 period, showing both their activity levels and the specific types of exercise they chose.
Overall, men tended to be more physically active than women. However, while “walking for leisure” was the most popular activity for both genders, men showed a much higher preference for organized sporting activities compared to women.
Regarding activity levels, a higher proportion of men were seen as “active” at 63%, compared to 58% of women. In contrast, women were slightly to be “inactive,” with 27% falling into this category compared to 24% of men. The “fairly active” group showed the least group, with figures of 13% for men and 15% for women.
This followed by that specific activities, walking for leisure was the top choice, including 24% of women and 21% of men. The most significant difference was seen in sporting activities, which attracted 29% of men but only 17% of women. Fitness activities were equally popular for both genders at 19%. Meanwhile, cycling and dancing were the least favourite exercises, men were more likely to cycle for leisure (11%) than women (5%), while dancing was almost exclusively a female activity at 2%.