Being active and staying healthy

  • Slimming World

    You’ll find delicious recipe and menu ideas at your local group, along with all the help you need to get started and reach your target weight.

    Website
    Slimming World

  • Weight Watchers

    Meetings, online or a little bit of both. They’ve got options and support, whatever your lifestyle.

    Website
    Weight Watchers

  • BMI calculator

    The body mass index (BMI) is a measure that uses your height and weight to work out if your weight is healthy.

    Website
    NHS: BMI healthy weight calculator

  • ABL Health

    ABL Health are commissioned by Manchester City Council to offer free weight management programmes.

    Phone
    01204 570999

    Website
    www.ablhealth.co.uk

    Email
    admin@ablhealth.co.uk

  • Dietdoctor

    View health information, recipes and advice on how to lose weight.

    Website
    www.dietdoctor.com

  • British Heart Foundation

    View information on cholesterol, its causes and how you can reduce your cholesterol level.

    Website
    www.bhf.org.uk

  • Be Well (The Big Life Group)

    Life in the way of healthy living? Be Well is here to help you find a way to live and feel well whatever twists and turns life brings. They can even help you get on top of work, housing, family and money worries.

    Phone
    0161 470 7120

    Website
    www.thebiglifegroup.com

  • How to Lower Blood Pressure

    Your diet, exercise levels and weight have a real effect on your blood pressure. If you have high blood pressure, you can start lowering blood pressure today by eating more healthily and being more active.

    Website
    www.bloodpressureuk.org

  • Little Box Gym

    There is a local family-run community gym near St Werburgh’s Road tram stop: “the gym for people who don’t do gyms”

    Website
    www.littleboxgym.com

  • NHS Couch to 5k

    Find out more and download the nine-week set of Couch to 5K podcasts.

    Website
    www.nhs.uk

  • That Counts!

    It doesn’t have to be great feats of endurance, running marathons or pumping iron, you can choose your own moves! It could be dancing around the kitchen, jumping in puddles with the kids, walking the dog or running for the bus. However you move, as long as you move more, it all counts.

    Website
    www.thatcounts.co.uk

  • Physical Activity and Lifestyle Toolkit

    The toolkit has been designed by the RCGP in partnership with Sport England, to be used by primary care professionals in the UK.

    Website
    www.rcgp.org.uk

  • More Life

    At MoreLife, they’re passionate about supporting individuals and communities to lead healthier lives. They’ve been successfully delivering weight management programmes for over 20 years.

    Website
    www.more-life.co.uk/greater-manchester