Weight management/Healthy eating
Resources that can be used by health and care professionals to facilitate discussions around weight management.
Weight management/Healthy eating
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A Healthier Me
Organisation: Mencap
Type: Guidance Pack
Date published: August 2021
Description: A resource pack to help people with a learning disability and autistic people understand how food and drink choices can affect health and how to make small changes.
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Community Food Membership
Organisation: FareShare - surplus food redistribution
Type: Direct access to surplus food for charities and community groups from local supermarkets.
Date published: Regularly reviewed
Description: Direct access to surplus food for charities and community groups from local supermarkets.
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Cookery and Recipes
Organisation: Various
Type: Resources
Date published: Various
Description: A selection of cookery resources for people with a learning disability
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Cost of Living Resources
Organisation: Learning Disability England
Type: Information and resources
Date published: Winter 2022/23
Description: Shared information and resources, including accessible information, to help members with the increases in the cost of living - including saving money and staying warm and well.
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DanceSyndrome
Organisation: The National Learning Disability Nursing Forum
Type: Films
Date published: July 2022
Description: Supported by the national nursing directorate at NHS England and Improvement, DanceSyndrome has created a series of six informational videos which aim to demonstrate to healthcare professionals, including Midwives and Learning Disability Nurses, the many ways in which individuals with learning disabilities can live fulfilled lives, contributing to society and becoming visible leaders, performers and advocates.
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Get Fit With Affinity Trust
Organisation: Affinity Trust
Type: Film
Date published: June 2011
Description: Fitness video created by and for people with a learning disability.
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Healthy Eating Healthy Living
Organisation: SCLD
Type: Training resource pack
Date published: 2018
Description: The pack provides all the materials needed to run a course on Healthy Eating Healthy Living and teaches participants the knowledge and skills required to eat a healthy and balanced diet.
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Hydration
Organisation: NHS (Scotland)
Type: Guidance on good hydration
Date published: 2016
Description: Information about staying hydrated and signs and symptoms of dehydration - including a urine colour chart.
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Joe Wicks' Chair based exercises
Organisation: Joe Wicks the Body Coach
Type: Film
Date published: 2021
Description: Short YouTube video of chair based exercises.
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Love Food Hate Waste
Organisation: WRAP
Type: Website
Date published: Regularly reviewed
Description: Recipe bank for leftover food
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NHS Healthier Families
Organisation: NHS
Type: Food facts, recipes, activities.
Date published: 2021
Description: Easy ways to eat well and move more
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Obesity, weight management and people with learning disabilities: Guidance
Organisation: Public Health England
Type: Guidance
Date published: Sept 2020
Description: This guidance is for public health staff commissioning or running weight management services and other mainstream health professionals working to support people to lose weight.
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Poo Matters
Organisation: NHS
Type: Leaflet
Date published: May 2019
Description: Information for families and carers about constipation in people with a learning disability.
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Relaxation - NHS
Organisation: NHS Coventry and Warwickshire
Type: Video (YouTube)
Date published: 2014
Description: A short film about relaxation produced by Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust for people with a learning disability.
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The Eat Well Guide
Organisation: NHS
Type: Guides for healthy eating
Date published: Regularly reviewed
Description: Information and guidance about eating a healthy, balanced diet.
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The Trouble with poo
Organisation: Learning Disability Matters/Books Beyond Words
Type: Book, Video and guidance on recognising constipation - and prevention.
Date published: May 2019
Description: A book, guidance and video on preventing constipation.
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Trouble Pooing (Easy Read)
Organisation: NHS
Type: Leaflet
Date published: May 2019
Description: Information for people with a learning disability about constipation and its prevention.