Chelmsford Community Support Centre

Healthy Living

Healthy Living campaign

Healthy Living

Why do we need physical activity? Modern life is making us increasingly inactive and this is hazardous to our health.

  • Inactivity is dangerous to our health as smoking.
  • Inactive people double the risk of developing heart disease.
  • Inactivity can contribute to feelings of anxiety and depression.

Benefits

  • Socialising
  • Healthy lifestyle
  • Lowers your risk of early death by up to 30%
  • Reduces your risk of major illnesses, such as heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and cancer by up to 50%

Objectives

  • To encourage you to make the required healthy steps (10,000) per day,
  • To promote healthy living,
  • To celebrate diversity,
  • To improve community integration.