Rugby people failing to walk ten minutes a day
Public Health England has encouraged adults to walk for at least ten minutes a day, but 32 per cent of people in the area don’t manage one ten minute walk a week. Across England the rate is 31%.
Figures from Sport England’s Active Lives Survey show the town has a weekly walking rate in line with the national average.
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Hide AdA ten-minute walk could include walking to work or to the shops, as well as taking a walk specifically for recreation or exercise.
The annual Active Lives survey, which ran from November 2016 to November 2017, asked a random sample of 1,986 adults over the age of 16 how active they had been in four weeks.
Sport England aims to help more people get active.