Healthy weight and exercise resources for professionals

This page is for health professionals with patients.

Your role as a health professional can play an important role in influencing lifestyle behaviours.

Talking to your patients about their weight

It's important to speak to your patients about their weight. There is lots of support and resources on how to have brief converstaions with your patients about their physical activity and weight:

Educational resources and training

Resources and training to help prevent ill health and promote wellbeing as part of your everyday practise.

Making referrals to specialists

If you feel your patient would benefit from more tailored advice, you can refer patients into specialised services:

Make simple but impactful changes in your workplace

Sign up to the Active Practice Charter and join the national network of practices making positive changes in their surgeries to boost staff and patient wellbeing.