Further Information & Hand Outs

Weight Loss Programmes

The NHS Weight Loss Plan aims to promote safe and sustainable weight loss by helping you to create a weight loss target, plan meals, establish healthier eating habits and become more physically active. The plan is broken-down into 12 weeks and is accessible via an app.

Handouts

The following hand outs are available to download or print.

Balanced Eating Food Fact Sheets from the British Dietetic Association

• Healthy Eating Factsheet
• Carbohydrates Factsheet
• Fruit and Vegetable Factsheet
• Fat Factsheet
• Calcium Factsheet
• Fluid Factsheet
• Portion Sizes Factsheet
• Eat Well, Spend Less Factsheet
• Food Labelling Factsheet

Healthy Living

• Readiness Ruler Tool – to check your motivation and readiness to change
• NHS 8 Tips for Healthy Eating
• NHS Exercise – for information on the benefits and recommended amount of exercise
• British Heart Foundation Eat Better Booklet
• British Heart Foundation Nutrition Section – for recipe ideas and cooking tips
• Healthy Living Resources – for Somerset based patients only

The Dieting Cycle, Dieting Myths, Fad Diets

• The Dieting Cycle
• The Healthy Eating cycle
• British Dietetic Association Fad Diets
• British Heart Foundation Dieting Myths

Emotion and Habit Triggered Eating

• Managing Emotional Eating at Home – particularly useful for those self-isolating with COVID-19
• Hunger and Fullness Scale
• Triggers to Eating Chart – to differentiate between types of hunger and patterns in hunger
• Eat Right Now – evidence-based daily program to address eating habits and emotional eating

Well-being Resources

• Somerset Talking Therapies – offers psychological therapies, for Somerset based patients only
• Samaritans
• Mood Gym – online self-help book designed to manage anxiety and depression using CBT-techniques
• Mindfulness – eight-week free mindfulness programme designed to reduce stress

Weight Loss Surgery

• Weight Loss Surgery Info – for information, support and patient experience on 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