Healthy weight - support and advice
If you are overweight, losing weight can help reduce the stress on your heart and lungs. Losing weight can also help you to lower your blood pressure, improve your blood sugar level, reduce pain in your joints, reduce your risk of blood clots after surgery, reduce your risk of wound infections after surgery, allow you to exercise more easily and reduce the risk associated with having an anaesthetic.
Healthy Weight Healthy You
Everyone's weight management journey is different and so too are the solutions to achieving and maintaining a healthy weight. Healthy Weight Healthy You is a unique offer tailored to your needs.
Created by NHS Wales, you can complete a self-assessment on the website which will offer advice and guidance specific to you.
Follow this link to the Healthy Weight Healthy You website where you can find more information.
There will also be weight loss programmes in your local area. Your GP surgery or pharmacy may be able to weigh you and signpost you to advice.
Nutrition and Dietetic Service
The Nutrition and Dietetic Service in Swansea Bay offers a group weight management intervention at Level 2 of the All-Wales Weight Management Pathway. It is a 6-week programme with each hour and a half session providing information to help you make informed choices regarding eating habits to aid weight loss and improve your health.
You can be referred for our weight management group if your BMI is over 30, or 28 if you have diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol. Your GP, Practice Nurse or other Health Care Professional can refer you.
NHS Better Health
This NHS web page includes information about weight loss, stopping smoking, activity and drinking alcohol.
It also includes a number of useful resources including a BMI calculator, healthy recipes and dietary advice.
Follow this link to the NHS Better Health web page where you can find more information.
The Association of British Dieticians
The Association of British Dieticians has created a fact sheet aimed at individuals living with overweight or obesity to help them move towards a healthier weight.
Exercise advice
You may also be interested in these NHS exercise advice webpages. Please note that these webpages are English only:
Go here for general NHS help and advice about exercise
Go here for NHS help and advice about exercises you can do while sitting
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