"Only one in five participants who had applied for or were receiving benefits were happy with how much physical activity they did. Nearly three-quarters said they would be more likely to increase their activity if they knew their benefits would not be affected"
The result of decades of governments and the media demonising the disabled as 'scroungers'.
#Disability #Health #UKPolitics
https://theconversation.com/the-activity-trap-fear-of-losing-benefits-is-stopping-some-disabled-people-from-exercising-293501
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