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Healthy living
Promoting healthy lifestyles for people in England and Wales is an important governmental responsibility. DH runs initiatives to help people quit smoking, eat better and exercise more, as well as health screening projects and training and skills programmes.
It was announced in August 2006 that the Public Health minister Caroline Flint will work across government on a new strategy to increase the public's fitness and activity levels. The minister will investigate further opportunities for promoting physical activity across the board and consider the gaps and priorities. By taking the 'Small Change Big Difference' approach, the Government will look at ways to support the public to make the minor changes that will make a big difference to their long-term health.
The General Practice Physical Activity Questionnaire is intended for use in adults (16 - 74) years in routine general practice to provide a simple, 4-level Physical Activity Index (PAI) reflecting an individual's current physical activity. The index can be cross-referred to Read codes for physical activity and can be used to help inform the decision as to when interventions to increase physical activity might be appropriate.
Local Exercise Action Pilots (LEAPs) are locally run programmes to test and evaluate new ways of encouraging people to take up more physical activity.
This section of the website has been designed to ensure key stakeholders and the general public are kept up to date with the Government’s progress and activity on food advertising and promotion to children.
The DH is working across Government, with the food industry, and with other stakeholders to establish a coherent national plan to help people in England improve their diets.
Cross-Government team set up to develop a national plan for physical activity and sport.
Healthy Living Centres
Healthy Living Centres
The lottery-funded Healthy Living Centres programme targets the most disadvantaged sectors of the population. The centres–350 so far–offer a huge range of activities and services to a huge range of people, from young children to the elderly.
Young People's Health Demonstration Sites
Young People's Health Demonstration Sites
The Department of Health’s Children and Young People’s Public Health Team and Child Health, Maternity and Women’s Health Branch invites full applications from research teams who want to bid to undertake evaluation of its programme of Young People’s Health Demonstration Sites.
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