Physical Wellbeing

Physical wellbeing, with mental and social wellbeing are the core of your present health but also importantly your long-term health. We all know prevention of a disease where possible is far easier than treatment. In fact, there is increasing evidence that health promotion through improving our physical wellbeing with Exercise, Healthy eating and Healthy weight (including reducing your risk with Smoking, and Alcohol and drugs) is the most powerful treatment we can provide.

Professor Muir Gray has articulated this perspective in his “live longer better” campaign (Live longer better). In the section “Reduce your risk of…. “we demonstrate how simple lifestyle changes can make a profound difference in lowering your health risks with certain conditions (Reduce your risk of...).

There is also a page on Lifestyle changes which, while acknowledging how difficult it can be to make changes, provides some ideas to support you in any changes.

HEALTHY LIVING

A number of websites, including the NHS website, give an overview of healthy living with numerous articles. Though they do not provide localised self-referral information they do provide good general information. Much of this information has been included on this website but these website overviews are included below:

From NHS Better Health – Recommended
This section of the NHS website is a good place to start. It includes links to videos and apps and is well laid out. Better Health – NHS

From the NHS
Living well Live Well – NHS

From Patient info
Healthy living Healthy Living | Patient

From NICE
Preventative medicine Preventative medicine | Specialities | CKS | NICE