Further Information & Hand Outs
Weight Management
Further Information & Hand Outs
The following hand outs are available to download or print.
Handouts
Balanced Eating Food Fact Sheets from the British Dietetic Association
- Healthy Eating – Further general healthy eating advice
- Carbohydrates – Information regarding different types of carbohydrate that contribute to a balanced diet
- Fruit and Vegetables – Information regarding different fruits and vegetables that contribute to a balanced diet
- Fat – Information regarding different types of dietary fats that contribute to a balanced diet
- Calcium – Information regarding calcium requirements and how to achieve this with diet
- Fluid – Information regarding different fluids that help to maintain optimum hydration
- Portion sizes – Information regarding portion sizes for different food groups to help promote a balanced diet
- Eat well spend less – Information on how to eat healthfully on a budget
- Food Labelling – Information to help with reading food labels to promote a balanced diet
Healthy Living
- Readiness Ruler- Tool to gauge motivation and readiness to make changes
- For advice on how to eat a more healthy diet
- NHS weight loss plan aims to promote safe and sustainable weight loss and help you to make healthier food and lifestyle choices, to help you achieve a healthy weight and maintain this long term
- For helpful tips and advice on becoming more active
- Healthy living resources for Somerset-based patients
- Eat better booklet, with practical tips to make small changes to achieve a healthy balanced diet from the British Heart Foundation
- Resources from the British Heart Foundation to support healthy eating
The Dieting Cycle, Dieting Myths, Fad Diets
- Cycle of Dieting- Graphical image of The Dieting Cycle
- The Healthy Eating cycle
- Information on Fad Diets from British Dietetic Association
- Further information on dieting myths from the British Heart Foundation
Emotion and Habit Triggered Eating
- Managing Emotional Eating at Home- Information and guidance around managing emotional eating, particularly whilst socially distancing as a result of COVID-19
- Hunger and Fullness Worksheet- Tool to help you to tune into your natural hunger and fullness signals
- Record of hunger and triggers to eating – Tool to monitor different types of hunger and help you establish trends in your eating habits
- An evidence-based daily program to address eating habits and emotional eating
Well-being Resources
- Offers a wide range of treatments for adults 18 years of age and over who are registered with a GP surgery in the Somerset area
- Offers a safe place for you to talk any time you like, in your own way – about whatever’s getting to you. You don’t have to be suicidal to make contact
- Free online self-help program incorporates cognitive behaviour therapy for depression
- A free, 8 week mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) programme
Weight Loss Surgery
Books you may find useful
- End Emotional Eating by Jennifer Taitz
- Overcoming Weight Problems by Jeremy Gaunlett-Gilbert & Clare Grace
- Weight Loss for Food Lovers by George Blair-West
- Overcoming Body Image Problems by David Veale, Rob Wilson & Alex Clarke
- The Self-Esteem Workbook by Glenn Schiraldi
- The Joy of Half a Cookie by Jean Kristellar & Alisa Bowman
- Well Nourished by Andrea Leiberstein, RD
- Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat by Dr Michelle May
- Mindful Eating: Free Yourself from Overeating by Jan Chozen Bays
- The Emotional First Aid Kit: A Practical Guide to Life After Bariatric Surgery by Cynthia Alexander
- Living with Bariatric Surgery: Managing your Mind and Your Weight by Dr Denise Ratcliffe