{"id":24362,"date":"2018-11-02T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=24362"},"modified":"2018-11-02T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T16:00:00","slug":"healthy-vs-unhealthy-high-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/healthy-vs-unhealthy-high-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy vs Unhealthy high streets"},"content":{"rendered":"

A report has warned that high streets filled with fast-food outlets, betting shops and tanning salons can have a significant impact on shortening the residents\u2019 lives. While locals living in towns stacked with book shops and pharmacies have a potential for longer life. <\/strong><\/p>\n

UK\u2019s high streets<\/strong><\/p>\n

The research, conducted by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH)<\/a>, analysed 70 major UK towns and cities and it turned out that Britain\u2019s High Streets are getting unhealthier.\u00a0Grimsby, which is known as Europe\u2019s Food Town because of its fish-processing industry, now has a worse reputation. The town is the first in the unhealthy High Streets list, followed by Walsall and Blackpool. The healthiest outlets awards go to Edinburgh and Canterbury.<\/p>\n

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Photo by @nicolasjleclercq on Unsplash<\/p><\/div>\n

London\u2019s high streets<\/strong><\/p>\n

Muswell Hill Broadway was named capital\u2019s healthiest high street, but the most unhealthy one is just three miles away and it is called West Green Road.\u00a0Average life expectancy for citizens residing in Muswell Hill is around four and a half years more than that of those living in Tottenham Green where West Green Road is located.<\/p>\n

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Map created by Tsvetelina Petrova<\/p><\/div>\n

The study ranked 146 of London\u2019s high streets depending on their impact on the public\u2019s health. Empty shops and off-licences were counted and included to the report for the first time. An interesting fact is that vaping shops and cafes are considered beneficial.<\/p>\n

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Photo by @trance on Unsplash<\/p><\/div>\n

It appears that affluent areas, such as\u00a0St John\u2019s Wood, Pinner and Hampstead established healthier outlets on their high streets, while more deprived areas, including Thornton Heath, Angel Edmonton and Neasden provide less healthy shops.<\/p>\n

See also:\u00a0You are what you eat: Deliveroo reveals Londoners\u2019 eating habits by their neighbourhoods<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

According to Evening Standard<\/a>, Shirley Cramer, RSPH<\/a> chief executive, explained: \u201cOur rankings illustrate how unhealthy businesses concentrate in areas which already experience higher levels of deprivation, obesity and lower life expectancy. Reshaping these high streets to be more health-promoting could help redress this imbalance.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nWords by: Tsvetelina Petrova | Subbing: Vanessa Craus, Lucija Duzel<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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