Focus on Healthy Living
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It's never too late to change to a healthier lifestyle!
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The internet is a great place to start. There are many healthy living websites but finding the best or most appropriate ones can be difficult. The websites below all give lots of useful information.
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BBC Healthy Living has a wealth of information to help you establish good habits and reap the benefits. Choose a six-week diet and activity programme, expert advice to help you maintain a healthy weight, information to help you have a healthy diet, increase your fitness levels with activities you enjoy. |
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NHS Choices Live Well - Healthy living for everyone - fitness, good food, how to lose weight, mental health and more. How healthy are you? Try the health assessment tools, quizzes and calculators. |
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British Heart Foundation - there's lots you can do to keep your heart healthy - whatever your age. Take enough exercise, eat a healthy diet, encourage children to be heart healthy and be aware of dangers such as smoking, drinking, high blood pressure and stress. Prevention really is better than cure. |
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The Food Standards Agency Eat Well website helps you to make healthier choices. Find tips for a healthy diet at home or out, information on health issues related to food, and nutrition advice for all ages. |
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Highly strung or hi-energy - is your stress good stress of bad? Channel 4 Health will help you stay cool, calm and collected. What is stress? Find out all about it. Try stress busting strategies and the stress gym. |
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Walking the way to Health is a joint initiative between Natural England and the British Heart Foundation and aims to encourage people, particularly those who take little exercise, to do regular short walks in their communities. What is a health walk and why should you do it? Follow your own walking plan or join a Walking the way to Health group
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Leicestershire Library Services has books on all aspects of healthy living. Those shown below are just examples of the wide range available. Look on library shelves for books with similar class numbers, search the online catalogue or ask library staff for help.
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Sonia Allison Fresh and easy soups and spectacular smoothies for good health
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Rosemary Conley Rosemary Conley's GI hip and thigh diet
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Patrick Holford Food is better medicine than drugs |
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Juliet Kellow Cholesterol: Food, facts and recipes
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Gordon Ramsay Gordon Ramsay's healthy appetite
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Kate Wood Raw living: Detox your life and eat the high energy way
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Natalie Blenford Dance your way to fitness
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Christina Brown Quick and easy yoga: 5 minute routines for anyone, anytime, anywhere
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Nicole Cooke Cycle for life
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Lucy Knight Walking for weight loss
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Sam Murphy Running well
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Lynne Robinson Pilates for weight loss
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Harvey Walden No excuses! Fitness workout
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Greg Whyte Get fit not fat
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Libraries have books to give you ideas.
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Paul Biggs Leicestershire and Rutland walks with children
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David A Ray Walking in Leicestershire: 26 circular walks
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32 circular walks based on the Leicestershire Round
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Walk East Midlands: 50 day walks in Derbyshire, Leicestershire
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Bryan Waites Pub walks in Leicestershire and Rutland
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The Explore Leicestershire's Countryside webpage has information on local walks.
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Gillian Butler Manage your mind: The mental fitness guide
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Jan De Vries Emotional healing: Homeopathic solutions for a stress free life
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Susannah Marriott 1001 ways to relax
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Swami Shivapremananda Yoga for stress relief
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Kate Cook An unfit mother: How to get your health, shape and fitness back after childbirth
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Lyndel Costain Feel good foods for pregnancy
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Claire Gillman Getting your kids active
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Patrick Holford Optimum nutrition for your child
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Kelly Holmes Get your kids fit
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Sara Lewis Fuss-free food for babies and toddlers
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All of the books shown above can be requested at your library. They can also be requested through the online reservation service if you have a library card and a PIN. There is a charge for this service.
- Leicestershire Adult Learning Service run fitness courses such as pilates, yoga, salsacise, keep fit etc. Search for courses online or call FREEphone 0800 988 0308 for details.
- Use Infolinx to find local groups and organisations. Search under exercise, fitness, diet or search for sports clubs and facilities.
- Use leicestershirevillages.com to find local groups. Go to your town/village and search under ‘Find my nearest’
- Active Together co-ordinators offer a varied range of walks and physical activities across Leicestershire. Look at the local programme for your district.
- Search Yellow Pages under Health Clubs & Fitness Centres for local gyms and fitness centres.
Page Last Updated: 30 August 2011
