These five important areas provide a broad snapshot of your health and wellbeing:
If you're looking for advice or some extra support to improve your health, we're here to help you find local services and activities that can help.
You may also find these websites useful:
NHS Better Health – free tools and advice to support healthier habits.
Better Lifestyles (Warrington.gov.uk) – local guidance and services
High blood pressure can raise the risk of health problems such as heart attacks, strokes and kidney disease.
Small changes like eating a healthier diet, cutting down on salt, being more active, or taking medication if needed can all help bring your blood pressure down to a safer level.
High blood pressure often has no noticeable symptoms, which means many people don’t realise they have it. Around 1 in 3 adults in Warrington are estimated to be living with high blood pressure without knowing it.
Where you can get a blood pressure check
You can learn more about high blood pressure at happy-hearts.co.uk.
Losing weight is a complex issue, and it's about more than fitness or healthy eating. The programmes below, delivered by trusted local providers, offer support with the factors that influence eating habits and provide practical tools to help you and your family make healthy, sustainable choices.
For more advice on weight loss, visit Healthy weight | warrington.gov.uk.
If you are aged 16 or above and have a BMI of 30+, the Lifestyles team provide a programme of support, tailored to your needs. Options include group sessions, telephone/virtual or one to one support.
Every Body Counts delivered by the Warrington Wolves Foundation is a 12 week programme with physical activity, mental wellbeing and Nutrition targeted at young people and families in Warrington.
Healthier families is a free online 8 week programme from the NHS designed to help families make healthier choices. It is a rolling programme that is accessible 52 weeks of the year with a minimal wait time.
As well as helping you lose weight, regular exercise can help lift your mood and make everyday activities easier. You can use Living Well Warrington to find opportunities to get active across the town. Enter Active Warrington into the search box.
Wellbeing walls offer a gentle way to ease into becoming more active. These short group walks are led by experienced walk leaders and offer a safe, relaxed way to get moving and meet others. Here are a few to take a look at locally.
Low impact exercise classes are a great way to stay active without putting pressure on your joints. There are plenty of options — from chair-based sessions to low-impact classes and walking sports.
Low impact classes, like this circuit class, improve mobility, balance & overall wellbeing in a friendly, supportive environment.
Why not give walking rugby, netball, football a go? Search walking sports to find local groups.
Quitting smoking has immediate benefits to your health, including improved breathing and lung function, and reduces the risk of a heart attack by half, after only one year of quitting.
Livewire's Stop Smoking programme is a free support service with trained and experienced advisors. Take a look at their programme.
For more advice, visit the stop smoking pages on warrington.gov.uk
If you’re concerned about your drinking or drug use, the team at Change Grow Live (also known as Pathways to Recovery) will work with you to help you tackle your problems and regain control of your life, no matter how long it takes.
If you are aged between 10-18, and want support with drug and alcohol use, the Ways is a free and confidential service that will tailor support to your needs.
Good mental health can help you:
Like your physical health, your mental health can be better or worse at times and many people find it helpful to get extra support. There are some fantastic support services and groups in Warrington.
If you need help with your mental health, take a look at our Mental Health support page.
Weight management, exercise and stop smoking support.
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