"The study ranked areas on their concentration of takeaways, pubs, sweet shops, vape stores and gyms, alongside air quality data. London Road in Croydon is the worst, according to The Independent Pharmacy. The street in the south of the city has a staggering 75 fast food outlets, six sweet shops plus a total of 15 pubs, bars, off-licences and vape merchants, the research showed. But there are just five gyms open to locals."
"Bromley's busy High Street has more fast food and sweet shops than gyms or healthy cafes, ranking it as the fifth most unhealthy in the entire UK. Dr Donald Grant, clinical advisor at The Independent Pharmacy, said: Where we live often defines how we live. High streets should support healthy decisions, not make them harder. When fast food outlets outnumber gyms 20-1, we're setting people up to fail. In many towns, the unhealthy option isn't just available, it's unavoidable."
A High Street Health Index ranked 416 UK shopping districts over half a mile long by concentration of takeaways, pubs, sweet shops, vape stores and gyms, alongside air quality data. London Road in Croydon ranked worst, with 75 fast food outlets, six sweet shops, 15 pubs, bars, off-licences and vape merchants, and only five gyms. Other highly unhealthy locations include High Street, Sutton; Oxford Street and Edgware Road in Westminster; Bromley's High Street; and several Croydon roads. Seven of the ten most unhealthy areas are in London, and Croydon appears three times. Experts warn that such retail environments increase risks of obesity, diabetes and heart disease and limit healthy choices for local communities.
Read at www.standard.co.uk
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