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Stoptober 2019 - information for professionals
Stoptober 2019 The national STOPTOBER campaign is back for 2019! Supporting people to split up with smoking! While we know that quitting smoking is not easy, Stoptober is a perfect time to try again. The best thing a smoker can do for their health is to
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Stoptober 2019 - Are you ready to split up with smoking?
Are you ready to split up with smoking? Have you been thinking about quitting smoking and wondering how to go about it? Here are some reasons to stop: No matter how long you have smoked your health will improve straightaway. After 20 minutes your pulse
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New physical activity guidelines released
In September 2019 the Chief Medical Officers from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland issued an update to the physical activity guidelines from 2011. Since the last report there has been growing evidence of the health benefits from exercise and so they want to enc
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We are Undefeatable - helping those with long term conditions be more active.
We are Undefeatable is a recently launched national campaign to help the 15 million people in England living with long term conditions build more activity into their lives. Research has shown that 69% of those with a long term condition would like to be more active but t
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Nation’s Biggest Sports Day
The Nation’s Biggest Sports Day is an opportunity for Britain to get active on Saturday 24th August 2019. It has been created by ‘I am Team GB’ as part of the London 2012 Olympics legacy and is run by volunteer ‘Games Makers’ who are running ac
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SACN Report on Saturated Fat
On 1st August the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) published its latest report on the effect of saturated fat in the diet on health. It reviewed 47 systematic reviews and studies to gather evidence on the relationship between saturated fat in the diet an
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Local Tobacco Control Profiles for England
The Local Tobacco Control Profiles for England looks at the extent of tobacco use, tobacco related harm, including smoking related ill health and mortality and what is being done at a local level to reduce this harm, including the cost related to smoking and quitting. The m
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Physical Activity - encouraging activity in the community
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recently released a quality standard to encourage the population to be more active. We know that moving more and being more active is important for our physical and mental health, however it can be hard to fit
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Healthy Eating Week
What could you do to be healthier at work, university or school? The British Nutrition Foundation’s Healthy Eating Week runs from 10 - 14th June 2019. It aims to encourage organisations in the UK to focus on healthy eating and drinking and physical activity. Thi
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Diabetes Week 2019
Diabetes UK want people to see diabetes differently. Diabetes Week is running from 10 - 16 June 2019 to help increase the public’s understanding of diabetes and tackle the stigma that surrounds it. Diabetes can be complicated to understand and during the week they
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Mental Health Awareness Week
Mental Health can affect anyone at anytime. The Mental Health Foundation reports that: One in six adults in the last week experienced a common mental health problem such as anxiety or depression. In 2017/8 mental health problems accounted for 15.4 millio
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National Walking Month 2019
National Walking Month runs from 1st - 31st May 2019. Run by Living Streets it aims to encourage people to incorporate walking into their everyday routine. It is recommended that adults aged 19 - 64 years should do at least 150 minutes of activity a week. However 26% of
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Healthy Lifestyle Advice for Shift Workers
The British Nutrition Foundation has recently released some advice giving Healthy Diet and Lifestyle Tips for Shift Workers. This advice looks at what a healthy balanced diet is as well as giving advice on what to eat before and during work. The advice includes what to d
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World Sleep Day
Friday 15th March is World Sleep Day. It aims is to raise awareness of important issues related to sleep and aims to reduce the burden of sleep problems on society by prevention and management of sleep disorders. Live Well Stay Well has been helping clients improve
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Today is the Day
Wednesday 13th March 2019 is No Smoking Day. Quitting smoking is one of the best things your patients can do for their health. Many smokers want to stop but are not sure about the best way to quit. However willpower alone is the least effective way to quit and thos
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Know your numbers
A new campaign was launched recently by Public Health England and NHS England, encouraging the public to know their blood pressure and cholesterol to help with the detection and treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD). High blood pressure and high cholesterol are major
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Find Your Balance
Find your Balance A new guide from the British Nutrition Foundation has been launched to help us monitor how much we are eating. ‘Find your Balance’ helps us eat the right types of food in the right amounts. It complements the Eatwell Guide and helps us
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Dry January
Dry January is the perfect time to reset your relationship with alcohol. Maybe you feel like you drink too much or too often or you feel like you want to take a break from it. This could be your chance to change your relationship with alcohol and break the habit f
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Take the One You 'How Are You?' Quiz
Why don’t you take a moment to think about how your current lifestyle could be impacting on your health. The One You ‘How Are You’? health quiz can support you to make positive changes. It takes about 10 minutes to complete and can point you i
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Better you!
Start the year with a Better you! The Better you! campaign aims to encourage our target audience to eat healthily in 2019. The communications toolkit below is for stakeholders to use to support the campaign in their organisations and with their client
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Smokefree Health Harms Campaign
On 28th December the Smokefree Health Harms campaign launches, for its 7th year, and it will run throughout January 2019. It encourages smokers to stop smoking in the New Year and highlights the immediate harms that happen every time a cigarette is smoked.
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#HelpUsHelpYou
The Buckinghamshire Winter Campaign has Launched: #HelpUsHelpYou. Winter can put a lot of strain on our services. That’s why the ICS partners: Buckinghamshire County Council, Buckinghamshire Clinical Commissioning Group, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Tru
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Moving Medicine
New physical activity resource for health professionals A new resource that will improve conversations about physical activity between patients and healthcare professionals has been launched. Launching at the International Society for Physical Activity and Health Cong
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Are you ready to quit?
Have you been thinking about quitting smoking and wondering how to go about it? Maybe you are still on the fence? Here are some reasons to stop: No matter how long you have smoked your health will improve straightaway. After 20 minutes your pulse rate
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Stoptober 2018
The national STOPTOBER campaign is back for 2018! While we know that quitting smoking is not easy, Stoptober is a perfect time to try again. The best thing a smoker can do for their health is to stop smoking, and there is more help and support available now tha
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Health benefits from strength and balance exercises
We all know that we should be doing regular exercise but the results of a recent review by Public Health England showed that this shouldn’t just be aerobic exercise. Strengthening and balance exercise has also been shown to be beneficial to our health and we sho
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Live Well Stay Well Launch Event
Live Well Stay Well held a successful service launch event on the 24th May at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, presenting to over 120 delegates. On this page you will find all the resources from the day. Presentations slides from the day can be accessed here. This
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Focus on brisk walking, not just 10,000 steps, say health experts
With an estimated 3 million middle-aged adults physically inactive across the country,[1],[2] Public Health England (PHE) and the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) are encouraging adults to incorporate brisk walking into their days as a way to improve
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Dementia risk now included as part of NHS Health Check
Adding the dementia element to the NHS Health Check programme will enable healthcare professionals to talk to their patients about how they can reduce their dementia risk, such as by maintaining their social life, keeping mentally and physically active and stoppin
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Children consume more than a year’s worth of sugar in 6 months
Children in England have already consumed more than a year’s worth of sugar, according to figures from Public Health England (PHE). Children aged 4 to 10 years should have no more than the equivalent of 5 to 6 cubes of sugar each day, but are consuming on
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New PHE Heart Age App launches
New PHE Heart Age App launches Do you know your heart age? Get to know your heart age by taking a free online, ‘Heart Age Test’, which asks physical and lifestyle related information, as well as blood pressure and cholesterol, and determi
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