Maintaining a healthy weight is important for your overall health and wellbeing, as well as lowering the risk of different diseases, conditions and cancers associated with being overweight.
Making small, simple changes to what and how much you are eating and drinking can really help you lose the pounds.
Losing just 5% of your weight can lead to many significant health benefits including:
- Reduction in blood pressure
- Reduction in cholesterol
- Reduced risk of obesity-related cancers
- Reduced risk of developing type 2 diabetes
- Improves life expectancy
What support is available locally?
Essex Wellbeing Service
The Essex Wellbeing Service offers a range of courses to help people to manage their weight.
More information: https://www.essexwellbeingservice.co.uk/services/weight-management
Everyone Health Southend
Everyone Health Southend offers a range of programmes to help people to lose weight, including nutrition workshops to help people to understand their food choices.
More information: https://southend.everyonehealth.co.uk/services/weight-management/
Thurrock Healthy Lifestyle Service
Thurrock Healthy Lifestyle Service offers an initial assessment of an individual’s health. Depending on the results of the assessment, people can get free help to improve their health.
More information: https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/public-health/thurrock-healthy-lifestyle-service
NHS England Better Health Apps
NHS Better Health offer a range of free apps that can be used to help people to manage and lose weight, including:
- Weight Loss Plan
- Food Scanner
- Active10 for walking
- Couch to 5k
- Drink Free Days
- Quit Smoking
More information: https://www.nhs.uk/better-health/lose-weight/