Friday 2 November 2018

Towns with 'unhealthy' high streets have lower life expectancy, report finds

Towns with 'unhealthy' high streets have lower life expectancy, report finds High streets stacked with betting shops, fast-food outlets and tanning salons could be significantly shortening the lives of locals, a report has warned.

Residents living in towns with lots of bookies and off-licences die younger than those with plenty of libraries and pharmacies, research by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) found.

Its ranking of 70 high streets found those living in the top 10 healthy areas lived an average of two-and-a-half years longer than those with the 10 unhealthiest high streets, like Northampton, according to Health on the High Street: Running on Empty report, which was first run in 2015. The Independent

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