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The little book of white lies
| Contents: | Scotland's getting bigger...and it's affecting health and enjoyment of life more than ever. The diet starts tomorrow I don't have the time to exercise How foods can help you to maintain a healthy life - Balancing your diet Read your labels! How much is a lot? Maybe just one more? BMI Alchohol And Your Weight Keeping Track Further Information |
Scotland's getting bigger...and it's affecting health and enjoyment of life more than ever.
Losing weight, and keeping off the weight you’ve lost, can mean you get more out of life, and live longer. Weight can have a dramatic effect on health, as this booklet shows.
Now, there’s a substantial amount of research to indicate precisely what the health effects of being overweight are. The research also shows exactly how health can be improved by weight loss, how important it is to keep weight steady, and to maintain an active life.
What we know about healthy eating has remained the same for many years.
Fad ‘diets’ come and go, and promises of ‘miracle’ cures for overweight individuals hit the newspapers and magazines from time to time.
But today’s mainstream advice is based on good knowledge and solid evidence that has stood the test of time, and we now know more about how to put that advice into practice in everyday life.
This booklet can be used in different ways.
It’s been written so you can use it alongside help from your health professional. It could also be one of the resources available to a group of people aiming to change their eating and activity levels together. It’s also something you can use as back-up if you’re aiming to make changes on your own.
You’ll find more information to help you at the end of this document, where we give you some useful websites and contacts.