Health and Wellbeing - weight management
Slimming World is a weight loss programme for residents registered with a GP in Cumbria. Slimming World is for anybody aged 16 years or over who has a BMI of 28 or more.
The FREE 12 week programme supports people to make healthy lifestyle changes together with getting more active.
Sessions take place once a week both face to face in a group session or through their digital offer. There is also additional support in between group meetings as required.
Referral is through any healthcare professional in your GP practice, for example - social prescriber, nurse, physio or a Health and Wellbeing Coach.
Stopping smoking is one of the best things you will ever do for your health. When you stop, you give your lungs the chance to repair and you will be able to breathe easier. There are lots of other benefits too - and they start almost immediately. It's never too late to quit. You can do it!
The Better Health Quit Smoking pages Quit smoking - Better Heath - NHS (www.nhs.uk) give lots of information to really useful and helpful information to help people give up including Apps to download and a link to find your nearest pharmacy that can support you with a smoking cessation programme for FREE and with the help of a professional, you are 3 times more likely to quit.
Attached is an updated electronic version of the Every Life Matters and Mental Health booklet (PDF 10MB). All being well a hard copy distribution to all households in Cumbria will happen at the end of January. In the meantime if this can be shared and distributed as widely as possible through our teams and networks that would be great. We hope that this booklet will be of use to many.
In particular if people are involved in any community / youth groups they may wish to consider the 'Places 2 Talk' project on page 35.