The weighting game

Jan 8 2009 by Our Correspondent, Blairgowrie Advertiser

PEOPLE in Blairgowrie and Rattray are to benefit from a new free course, which seeks to improve their health by losing weight through healthier lifestyle advice and physical activity.

Winning Weigh starts in Blairgowrie on Tuesday, January 13, at the recreation centre and is open to anyone wishing to lose weight and get healthy. The two-hour sessions will run for seven weeks and comprise of one hour of advice on diet and lifestyle choices, followed by an hour of physical activity.

The course has been designed by NHS Tayside in collaboration with Perth and Kinross Leisure to help people to try to eat healthier and be more active, as this can help to protect against coronary heart disease, diabetes and many common cancers.

Sheila Cron, Public Health Practitioner, Perth and Kinross Community Health Partnership, says, “Anyone who is concerned that they are overweight and would like help to make some positive changes to their lifestyle should come along.

“Many people have new year resolutions to lose weight and get fitter and this course is the perfect way to enable them to kick start this.”

The course runs from 10.30am–12.30pm on Tuesday, January 13, or seven weeks, tel 01738 473191.