Research by the British Medical Journal shows that the majority of society are now spending significant amounts of time sitting daily, leading to an increased risk for many chronic diseases and premature death.

The study combined 8 previous studies from the US, the UK and Scandinavia where 36,000 individuals wore a fitness tracker/accelerometer for 6 years. The results suggest strong links between physical activity and the risk of death - irrespective of the intensity of the activity. An increase in the total amount of physical activity - regardless of intensity - substantially reduced the risk of dying.

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Suffolk Public Health have recently published new place-based needs assessments focusing on specific geographies, rather than certain demographics.

This is a useful resource to bookmark as they will be continually updated with more target areas and additional data being added to the assessments. Data to be added will be sourced from children and young people services, adult and community services and the fire service.