{"id":18629,"date":"2016-09-20T11:55:44","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T10:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/news\/give-activity-the-green-light-by-investing-in-parks-says-ukactive-chair-tanni-grey-thompson\/"},"modified":"2016-09-20T11:55:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T10:55:44","slug":"give-activity-the-green-light-by-investing-in-parks-says-ukactive-chair-tanni-grey-thompson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/cy\/news\/give-activity-the-green-light-by-investing-in-parks-says-ukactive-chair-tanni-grey-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Give activity the green light by investing in parks, says ukactive Chair Tanni Grey-Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In response to today\u2019s new research in the journal Preventative Medicine, which estimates outdoor exercise delivers \u00a32.2bn of health benefits to adults in England each year, ukactive has called for continued investment in parks to tackle the nation\u2019s inactivity 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