Planning and Implementation of Health Promotion: Barnet Weight Program

This report assesses the effectiveness of a health promotion and weight management program developed by the Barnet Local Authority, focusing on improving the health and well-being of obese individuals. The program, promoted by Everyone Health, emphasizes the importance of maintaining good physical and mental health, particularly for those at risk of conditions like type 2 diabetes and heart disease. The 12-week program includes nutrition workshops and physical activity sessions, supported by policies such as women's health and gender mainstreaming. Key features include individualized attention through group and one-on-one sessions with registered nutritionists, encouraging a balanced approach to diet and exercise. The program targets individuals aged 18 and over who live or work in Barnet, or are registered with specific medical practices, with a BMI of 30 or higher. Human resources, particularly skilled workers providing education on nutrition and exercise, play a crucial role in the program's success. Participants can access videos and resources to maintain a healthy lifestyle, preventing severe diseases associated with being overweight. The study concludes that maintaining a healthy weight is essential for preventing diseases and highlights the effectiveness of the weight management program developed by Everyone Health at Barnet.

Planning and Implementation in Health Promotion and
Public Health

INTRODUCTION
 Health promotion is a behavioural social science that draws from environmental, psychological
and biological science with the main aim of preventing disease.
 This presentation or digital story is going to discuss effectiveness of health promotion and weight
management program that are being developed by the Local authority Barnet for obese people.
 The main aim of conducting this study is to improve overall health and well-being of people.

Background
 Everyone Health has announced that it is going to promote health management by weight
management service.
 It is stated in this program that maintaining a good health is good for improving physical and mental
health.
 It is also stated in this program that people who are overweight are more likely to suffer medical
condition such as: type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, breast cancer and bowel.

National and Local Policy
 This program has helped people to the great extent. At Barnet, it offers 12-week program including 45-minute
nutrition workshops and 45-minute physical activity. There are some policies that supported this program in
becoming successful such as: Women’s health and gender mainstreaming.
 Along with this, it makes people educated about selected food that are healthy and tasty. People may find
easier to weight loss by attending this program.
 One of the main features of programs that is being conducted by this institute at Barnet is: it concentrates
each individual and for that it runs group as well as one to one session with trained and friendly registered
nutritionists.

Stakeholders and Target people
 In addition, it is found that this Everyone health encourages people who attend weight loss programs balance
approach that include both what they eat and help them to move more as well as helping to track their own progress.
 Trained workers and voluntary people are available for people whenever they need them.
 As per this program, anyone who is 18+, who lives as well as works in Barnet can lose weight.
 People who are registered with Millway Medical practice or Oak Lodge Medical Centre can also participate in such
programs.
 It is also important for people to have their BMI equal or greater than 30.

Resources
 Human resources play a vial role as skilled workers helped out people in improving their health as
they gave education and made people aware about proper timing of having nutritional values of food,
ways in which they can improve their health.
 They tell importance of physical exercise and activities.
 They tell them about calorie consumption as per their requirement and current weight.
 So, on the basis of this, it can be said that education is one of the main key of success of programs
that are being developed by Everyone health at Barnet.

Delivery of project
 People can make themselves beneficial to the great extent by attending such programs.
There are number of sessions that are available at Barnet healthy weight management
program as it makes easier for people to maintain their health after returning to home as
well as after attending program.
 They can see videos at their home and can improve healthy lifestyle. In this context, it
can also be said that by improving health and healthy lifestyle, people can improve
their living standard and can prevent themselves from severe disease that are being
caused by overweight.

Conclusion
 It has been summarised from the above study that maintaining healthy weight is important as it
prevents people from getting affected with severe diseases.
 It has shown effectiveness and features of weight management program that are being
developed at Barnet.
 Everyone health has launched number of weight management program and it has helped people
in managing their health.

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