Health, Physical Activity & Sport
The Kent Sport, Leisure & Olympics Service is aiming to further develop links with health professionals, organisations and working groups. The County is represented on SEPACT (South East Physical Activity Co-ordinating Team).
NEWS
• Kent gets Active – Visit the Active Kent website!
Are you interested in becoming more active and healthy - not sure where to begin, or what is available where you live? If so, then Active Kent is the site for you! The site includes tips and information, not just on becoming more active, but on making successful lifestyle changes that will benefit both you and your family.
Visit: www.activekent.co.uk
• Wellbeing South East website
The Wellbeing South East website is an online resource for practitioners working to promote healthier lifestyles.
The website provides information and case studies on physical activity, mental wellbeing, healthy weight and eating for health. It’s free to register on the site, which will enable free exclusive access to online resources including the ‘Get Active South East 2008–12 Framework for Physical Activity’, forums and networking.
http://www.wellbeingsoutheast.org.uk/
• Change4Life campaign
Change4Life is a society-wide movement that aims to prevent people from becoming overweight by encouraging them to eat better and move more. With support from grass root organisations to leading supermarkets and charities, the campaign aims to educate the nation on causes of obesity from healthy eating to exercise and lifestyle choices, and the health effects such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes.
The Change4Life advertising campaign began in January 2009 and in the initial stage targeted young families with children aged 5-11 years. Since its launch the movement has grown to targeting parents of 1-4 years olds (Early Years) and new parents with babies (Start4Life). The next phase will be targeting adults aged 45-64 years.
http://www.nhs.uk/Change4Life/Pages/default.aspx
