Puberty
Responses to the Committee's call for evidence confirmed the experience of many girls and women that the onset of puberty is a time when changes to their bodies, increased body consciousness and practical difficulties with managing periods can discourage many from taking part in sport of physical activity. Some individual adult respondents to the call for views reported that negative experiences during PE at school, associated with the onset of puberty, had deterred them from sport and physical activity well into adulthood.