Healthy weight
Maintaining a healthy weight can help reduce the risk of developing heart disease and type 2 diabetes.
It will also:
- lower your cholesterol
- lower your blood pressure
- reduce stress on your joints
- improve your breathing
- reduce fatigue
- help you sleep better
If you're ready to take the first step to losing or maintaining a healthy weight and improve your health, we can help.
We run free adult healthy weight programmes in local venues across the county.
Typically, each programme runs for 12 weeks with sessions lasting approximately 90 minutes.
You will be offered weekly support to learn how to manage your weight through:
- healthy eating
- portion control
- understanding food labelling
- changing habits towards food
- stress management
- the importance of sleep
- building physical activity into your daily routine
These supportive sessions are tailored to meet your needs and the needs of the group.
Adult healthy weight programmes
You can refer yourself to these services or your GP or another health professional can refer you.
- Burnley - Burnley Leisure Healthy Weight programme
- Chorley - Chorley Council Better Health, Better Self
- Fylde - Fylde Council CHANGE (Creating Healthy Activities and Nutritious Gains to Empower change)
- Hyndburn - Hyndburn Leisure Healthy Weight and Nutrition Programme
- Lancaster - Lancaster City Council Salt Ayre Healthy Weight Programme - email saltayrehealthy@lancaster.gov.uk
- Pendle - Up and Active Pendle Eat Well, Keep Well programme
- Preston - Preston North End Fit Fans
- Ribble Valley - Ribble Valley Borough Council Up and Active
- Rossendale - Rossendale Leisure Trust
- South Ribble - South Ribble Borough Council
- West Lancashire - West Lancashire Borough Council email: activewestlancs@westlancs.gov.uk
- Wyre - Wyre Council