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GPs to prescribe cycling to help tackle obesity
The government is to announce that GPs will be encouraged to prescribe cycling as a way for patients to lose weight.
Forming part of a new government strategy to tackle the nation’s obesity crisis, the plans to be revealed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson could also mean GP surgeries participating in bicycle schemes, to make cycling easier and cheaper to take up.
Government officials say that a key challenge will be to make people feel safer on bikes in busy urban areas, which will likely mean spending huge sums on segregated cycle lanes and secure cycle parking as well as developing low-traffic neighbourhoods.
The plans will initially be trialled in areas with poor health and physical activity rates, with a view to expanding them across the country if successful.
The announcement follows increasing evidence that excess weight is associated with a higher risk of severe illness from coronavirus.
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