Group consultations project
Today I am incredibly proud to say that my work has been published in the Lifestyle Medicine Journal 📔 In this project, I designed and ran a course for a group of patients to explore how they might implement lifestyle changes in their lives and see the effects. We found that after attending the course, patients’ wellbeing improved, they lost weight and felt more confident and motivated to make positive changes in their lifestyles, which was really great to see. I am incredibly grateful to everyone who helped make this happen – my colleagues at the practice who helped me run the course, my co-authors, my reviewers, the journal team…
- 30 Days of Healthy Living, Lifestyle Medicine, Living Lifestyle Medicine, Physical Activity, Research Evidence
11th January – Go for a run
Go for a run (or get active anyway you like!) I was sooooooo pleased to see that the ice & snow had melted and it was safe enough to go out for a run – I am always impressed when I see people out running when it is snowy and icy, but I am way too much of a scaredy-cat and just end up looking like Bambi on ice. When it is snowy I stick to my big warm boots with extra grip and walk instead. 🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️So, today I laced up my trainers and went for my first run of 2021. From a physical fitness point of view, it wasn’t great,…
Reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes
How can we reduce the risk of diabetes? The top five protective factors for preventing development of diabetes are:1. Maintaining a healthy weight (BMI <25)2. Diet high in fibre and “good” polyunsaturated fats, low in “bad” saturated and trans fats and low glycemic load.3. Regular moderate to vigorous exercise for 30minutes or more per day4. Non-smoking🚭5. Low alcohol intake Of these, the most important risk factor for developing diabetes is overweight and obesity. 📚🔬The Nurses’ health Study was a very large long-term study following 85000 women for 16years. It showed at over 9 / 10 cases of diabetes was attributed to one of these 5 risk factors. 🤷♀️So what? Making…
