Make a Change4Life – NHS Anti Obesity Initiative

The British National Health Service (NHS) has launched a new campaign, inviting people to “Change4Life“. The aim of the campaign is to highlight the risks of cancer, heart disease and diabetes that obesity poses to everyone, and how to reduce the chance of developing these life threatening diseases by losing weight and getting active.

Really this campaign is what MotleyHealth is all about – simple changes to live a more fulfilling life, by focussing on fitness, strength and weight loss.

The change4life campaign invites all people to join:

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“Join the people across England who are already making a Change4Life. Change is more fun when we all do it together.

Join now and you will receive your free welcome pack and get the chance to create your very own Change4Life character.”

8 Easy Ways to Change4Life

The campaign concentrates on 8 ways to change:

  1. Sugar Swaps – replacing sugar with healthy options
  2. 5 a day – eating the recommended minimum amount of fruit and vegetables
  3. meal time – making time for regular, proper meals
  4. 60 active minutes – kids need to do at least 60 minutes of physical activity that gets their heart beating faster than usual
  5. snack check – monitoring snacks, which are high in sugar, salt and fat. Reducing junk food.
  6. me size meals – ensuring that children eat proportions to suit their size, and not eat adult portions
  7. cut back fat – checking food labels, grilling instead of frying, trimming the fat off bacon
  8. up & about – getting more active, setting maximum sitting allowances rather than exercise quotas

Learn more at the NHS Change4Life website.

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Monday, January 5, 2009
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