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Nutrition

Eating a healthy, balanced diet is one of the most powerful ways to boost your health and wellbeing. It can be easy to become overwhelmed with information, but the fundamentals are simple. Learn more about what makes up a healthy diet, and find delicious ways to improve your health

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Eatwell

Eating Well

The NHS recommends eating a wide variety of foods in the right proportions to stay healthy.  

The Eat Well Guide is a great way of learning about what makes up a balanced diet. However, people with special dietary needs or a medical condition should speak to their doctor or a registered dietitian for advice.  

The Eatwell Guide says that to have a healthy, balanced diet, people should try to:  

  • eat at least 5 portions of a variety of fruit and vegetables every day   
  • base their meals on higher fibre starchy foods like potatoes, bread, rice or pasta  
  • have some dairy or dairy alternatives (such as soya drinks)  
  • eat some beans, pulses, fish, eggs, meat and other protein  
  • choose unsaturated oils and spreads, and eat them in small amounts  
  • drink plenty of water (at least 6 to 8 glasses a day) 

If you're having foods and drinks that are high in fat, salt and sugar, have these less often and in small amounts.  

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What is eatwell

What is EatWell?

EatWell is the Centre for Wellbeing’s (CfW) latest offering to help you improve your wellbeing. With bitesize videos that can be watched in your own time at your own pace, this is a great way to improve your understanding of nutrition and make some healthy changes. 

EatWell lives on our self-referral platform on the Centre for Wellbeing booking site and is broken down into modules. Each module has multiple bitesize videos. 

After each module there are a few questions to give you a chance to check your understanding, but this is not a test. 

Eatwell eLearning is now live on Totara.

Need to lose weight?

Most adults in England are overweight or obese. Check whether you're a healthy weight using the BMI calculator below.  

If you need to lose weight, you can use the NHS weight loss plan. It's a free 12-week diet and exercise plan to help you lose weight and develop healthier habits.  

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