You can get help and advice about your weight, but before you make any major changes to you lifestyle speak to your GP, practice nurse or school nurse.
Resources
For local opportunities, online tools and self help access the following useful resources -
Physical activity
Find out about local leisure provision at Hull Culture and Leisure
Visit the Active Humber website to find local clubs and activities
Fit mums offer a buddy system to support new participants into exercise.
Access the Fit Mums website to find out more about fitness for the whole family
You can walk, jog run or volunteer with parkrun at their free, fun and friendly 5km events every weekend in Hull.
Visit the Parkrun website to register or find out more
Local activities are available for pregnant and new mums.
Discover new walking routes with the Hull based walking app.
Access the Walkit website to find routes in Hull
A 10 minute brisk walk everyday can make a difference. You can track your walks using the Active 10 walking tracker.
Visit the NHS website for more information
You can get up and running in just nine weeks with Couch to 5k app.
Access the NHS website to learn more
Get your children active with 10 minute bursts of fun with Change4Life's shake ups.
Nutrition
Practical healthy cooking on a budget courses and HENRY (Health, Exercise and Nutrition for the Really Young) parenting courses across Hull.
Find the Healthy Lifestyle team on Facebook
Get a whole host of food facts, ideas and recipes from Change4Life to help the whole family make healthy lifestyle changes.
Discover healthy family changes on the Change4Life NHS website
Learn how to live well with ideas on the NHS Live Well website.
Access the NHS Live Well website
There are lots of healthy meal ideas with the Easy Meals app.
Visit the NHS website to learn more
Weight loss support
Weight loss motivation, diet tips and weight loss transformations for men.
Access the Man v Fat website to find out more
Additional support is also available through social prescribing.
Visit Connect Well Hull to find out more
Commercial weight loss sessions.
Weight loss for the very overweight
If you are an adult and have a body mass index (BMI) of over 40+ (or 35+ with additional illnesses) or a child at 98+ centile on the growth chart there is a specialist weight management service in Hull called Weightwise. This is only available through a GP or school nurse referral.
Visit the City Health Care Partnership website to find out about Weightwise for adults
Access the City Health Care Partnership website to find out about Weightwise Extra for children
Support available for Health Professionals
If you are a health professional and would like some support on how to help patients with their weight, access the links above. For information targeted towards your role access the guidelines and online training.
Visit the GOV.UK website to learn more about the UK physical activity guidelines
Visit the GOV.UK website to find out more about child weight managment
Further support for health care professionals based in GP practices is available on the Hull Clinical Commissioning Group Pathway Information Portal (PIP) and includes these details and how and where to refer if needed.