Half of girls ‘too self-conscious to exercise’

More than half of girls in Aberdeen secondary schools do not exercise because they feel selfconscious, a survey has revealed.

The findings come from 412 responses to a Sport Aberdeen survey held in April of pupils from S1 to S6 which aimed to find out the barriers facing girls who wished to participate in sport.

A total of 285 of those who gave answers to the research by the body’s active girls committee said they did not take part in sport or physical activity because they felt selfconscious.

CLACKMANNANSHIRE