Transcript Choosing Health Presentation

‘Choosing Health’ in Salford
How healthy is Salford?
• Health in Salford is getting better
• Life expectancy going up, cancers etc going down
• However, much more slowly in Salford than
England as a whole
• People in Salford still die at a younger age and
suffer from a greater number of illnesses in
Salford than in England as a whole
• Within Salford, people in the east of the city have
worse health than the west
Why?
Smoking
• One in five of all deaths in Salford each year
are smoking related
• Half of smokers will die at a younger age than
normal due to smoking
• More than one in three people in Salford
smokes
• This is many more than in England as a whole
• The age at which people die is therefore much
younger
Smoking – the good news
• Fewer people smoke now than ever before
• Every week, lots of people in Salford give
up smoking through the Stop Smoking
Service or on their own
• The health benefits of giving up smoking
are felt at any age
• It’s never too late to give up smoking
Obesity
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As a nation, we are larger than ever before
23% of the population are classed as obese
In Salford, 30,000 adults are obese
140,000 adults are overweight
Cause: diabetes, heart disease, some cancers
Obesity robs us of a decade of life
• Many children will die before their parents
Any good news?
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Now on the national agenda as a key issue
Locally – we are taking this seriously
Strategy being developed to tackle the issue
Food and physical activity workers have
joined together to form the Food and
Physical Activity Partnership
• Still a huge public health issue
• Rates going up every year
Why are we getting larger?
Energy in, energy out
• The number of calories we consume (‘energy in’)
has gone up
• Our diets are now high in calories (plus saturated
fat, sugar and salt) and low in fruit, veg and fibre
• The amount of energy we expend (‘Energy out’)
has gone down
• We don’t do enough exercise to burn the calories
off
Why?
Energy in
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Decline of cooking skills
Rise of fast food restaurants
Cheapness of ready meals/takeaway options
Food labelling – confusing
Energy out
• Car ownership
• Work – more sedentary, long hours
• Rise of home based entertainment ie
computer games/DVDs
• Concern with crime and anti-social
behaviour
‘Choosing Health’
• Government document
• Help people choose a healthier lifestyle ie
eat more healthily, do more physical
activity, not smoke
• Salford is developing its own local version
• What role can the City Council play?
What do we mean by the
Council?
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Schools
Parks
Housing
Environment
Call centres
Social Services/social care
Employment of Salford residents
Questions: obesity
• Q1 What does the community you live in
need to achieve a healthier diet?
• Q2 What can the Council do to help this?
• Q3 What does the community you live in
need to be more physically active?
• Q4 What can the Council do to help?
Questions: Smoking
• Q5 What do members of the community
who smoke need to help them quit
smoking?
• Q6 How can we help prevent young people
in our community from smoking?
• Q7 What else can the council do to help?
How and when to respond
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Today - via Community Committee
Directly to your Neighbourhood Manager
Don’t need to respond to all questions
Please respond by DATE