Tag: Healthy Lifestyles Service
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5 top tips for sticking to your New Year’s resolutions
By Jen Ballinger At the beginning of a new year, one of the most common questions asked is “what are your New Year’s resolutions?”. Whilst in the first few days of the year, New Year’s resolutions are made with the best intentions to want to make changes to habits and…
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How Healthy Lifestyle Advisors like Sid can help you
Sid helps people to live healthier, for free. Here are the thoughts from one of the people he has helped.
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I was unaware of the Healthy Lifestyle Service – I wish I’d benefited from them earlier
When Jim was told he was pre-diabetic he decided to do something about it. With the support of a Healthy Lifestyle advisor he did just that.
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“I felt back in control – I quit smoking because I wanted to”
When Agnes was told she had bladder cancer she decided to quit smoking. With the support of a Healthy Lifestyle advisor called Catherine she did just that.
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5 reasons why Stoptober can help you to quit smoking
Stoptober has supported more than 1.9 million people on their quit journey. They can help you too.
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How I quit smoking after 22 years so I could ride my motorbikes again
Help from a Healthy Lifestyles Advisor and the desire to to ride my motorbikes again allowed me to make a major change to my lifestyle
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Walking football and healthy eating helped me lose over 7 stone
After a chance meeting with hero John Aldridge, Telford resident Les Pointer decided to take up walking football and healthy eating to lose over 7 stone.
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My 9-year-old son kept saying he’d smoke because I did
Before joining Telford & Wrekin Stop Smoking Service’s 12-week programme, 36-year-old Steph’s health was in a bad way. She explains: “I was smoking and drinking heavily just before I attended my first appointment. My alcohol and cigarette consumption was at an all time high. I had suffered a TIA (Transient…
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“It’s not about you, it’s about helping them”
Everyday Healthy Lifestyle Advisors are changing people’s lives in the Telford community. We asked Katie, one of our advisors, to talk about what they do and why she loves her job.
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Quitting smoking after 22 years, with help from the Healthy Lifestyles team
Telford’s Healthy Lifestyle services is here to help people turn their life around. Here is how they helped a lady called “Karen” to quit smoking.