Weight Management

Healthy Lifestyles Advisors

If you would like to refer a resident, you are supporting to our Healthy Lifestyles Advisors for Lose Weight support just complete and submit our simple referral form.

Refer to the Healthy Lifestyles Advisors

Once we have received your referral we will make contact with the resident, please ensure you have permission from the resident to pass their details onto us.

Local weight loss groups

For information about the various free weight loss groups available to residents across North Somerset visit our Lose Weight page, some programmes require GP referral.

Healthy Weight Coach e-learning

This is an opportunity for professionals working locally to support residents to achieve a healthier weight by training to become a healthy weight coach.

A healthy weight coach will engage and support people living with overweight or obesity to help them make positive changes to their health and health behaviours to promote a healthier weight. You will be well-placed to signpost or, where appropriate, refer residents to our local weight management programmes.

Supporting people to move towards a healthier weight can have important benefits to the health and wellbeing of the individual seeking support, as well as reducing ill-health related to overweight and obesity.

On completion of the elearning programme, you will have the skills and confidence to have meaningful conversations to support people to move towards a healthier weight.

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