Managing your weight and tackling obesity are health priorities that are high on the agenda in General Practices.
The importance of this has been highlighted because being overweight increases a person’s risk of serious illness and death from COVID19 and other infections as well as being a contributing risk factor for other illnesses.
For patients requiring support with managing their weight, we have several services that we can refer to.
These include
*NHS digital weight management service
*The local Chance 2 Change programme and
*help from our Living Well co-ordinator from the local Well-Being service.
Lose weight - The NHS app!!
If you're overweight, losing weight has many health benefits. Making small, simple changes to what and how much you are eating and drinking can really help you lose the pounds.
Click on the link for more information and directions to download the app