Health & Safety

Health & Safety

Healthy weight = healthier heart

Obesity or being over-weight puts people at serious risk for many chronic diseases and increases the risk of severe illness from COVID-19.  Even being slightly overweight increases your chances of getting heart disease, stroke, diabetes and also some cancers such as breast, liver and prostate.

Do something today, check out your healthy BMI range at: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-weight/bmi-calculator/

There a loads of tips on how to lose weight and become healthier on that website as well.  Small steps lead to a big changes.  Move a bit more than yesterday and eat a bit less sugar…everything counts.  Use the latest Cardi-O poster to remind colleagues about the link between weight and disease.

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