New approach to improving nation’s health launched

Public Health England has launched a new framework for national and local action to address the nation's physical inactivity epidemic.

Entitled 'Everybody active, every day', the framework has been developed in collaboration with more than 1,000 national and local leaders in physical activity and has highlighted four key areas for action.

They include changing the social norm to make physical activity the expectation, developing expertise and leadership within professionals and volunteers, creating environments to support active lives and identify and up-scaling successful programmes nationwide.

Currently, it is estimated that physical inactivity responsible for one in six UK deaths, costing the country an estimated 7.4 billion pounds a year.

Public health minister Jane Ellison said: "Whatever age you are, physical activity is vital for maintaining good health, quality of life and independence: for young people, it is vital to get into healthy habits for life."

This project aims to tackle the growing threat posed by chronic conditions such as obesity, which is expected to become increasingly prevalent in the coming years.