Exercise tips to get Greater Manchester active
After Greater Manchester took control of its own health budget from April 1st residents are having their say on the things that matter to them the most.
A survey's underway asking people to share their concerns...thoughts and opinions on their lifestyles and how they want them to change for the better.
It's so that health bosses can get an idea of what the public want to see the £6 billion budget spent on.
The survey so far has found 55% of Mancuninans who took part would like to be more physically active in order to improve their health and wellbeing. Physical inactivity has been identified as the fourth leading contributor for global mortality by the World Health Organisation and tackling it locally is a top priority.
In April, three main reasons were highlighted, a lack of confidence, time and place to do it.
Wendy Meredith, Greater Manchester Director of Population Health, said: “We know that being active helps prevent many of the leading causes of ill health in Greater Manchester, such as coronary heart disease, cancer, diabetes and mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. “We want to understand better some of the root causes and barriers that stop people from making the first steps to more active lives. “This doesn’t need to be intense exercise though, simply moving more can make a huge difference so we want to dig deeper into what stops people being more active and what ideas they have to overcome this.”
As the research continues, Greater Sport are offering some top simple tips on how to increase physical activity during an average daily routine.
WATCH: As fitness expert Liz Norris takes us through some everyday exercises:
In all, more than 50,000 people viewed either the campaign website or related materials on the Health and Social Care Partnership home site, while a further 6,500 face-to-face contacts were made via community roadshow events and focus groups, organised by Key 103 and the community and voluntary sector and Healthwatch partnership respectively.
The survey results are already providing an invaluable snapshot of people’s perceptions of health, with 91% of respondents identifying some feature of their health and wellbeing that they would like to improve. To help tackle this problem you can take part in the survey at to provide information about the barriers in the way of Manchester residents being more physically active. The details of the survey can be found here: