Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight can improve your overall health and reduce your risk of conditions such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke and some cancers. Even small, sustainable changes to your diet and physical activity can make a big difference.
There are many trusted sources of advice and support available to help you make healthy lifestyle changes.
Local support
If you live in Leeds, you can access a range of free services to help you improve your health and wellbeing:
- Leeds Healthy Living Service – Offers free support with healthy eating, increasing physical activity, weight management and making long-term lifestyle changes.
- Stop smoking – Provides health and wellbeing advice, including support with healthy eating, physical activity, stopping smoking and reducing alcohol intake.
- Leeds MindWell – Information on how mental wellbeing, emotional eating and healthy lifestyle choices can support overall health.
- Forward Leeds - Free and confidential support to help you with alcohol and drug support
NHS support
The NHS provides evidence-based advice on:
- Healthy eating and balanced diets
- Weight loss and maintaining a healthy weight
- Physical activity and exercise
- NHS weight management programmes
- The free NHS Better Health website and app, which offer meal ideas, recipes, activity plans and practical tips to help you lose weight safely and sustainably.
Need extra support?
If you would like help with managing your weight, healthy eating or making lifestyle changes, please contact the practice. We may be able to refer you to our Social Prescribing Team, local lifestyle services or discuss whether additional support would be appropriate based on your individual needs.