Health & Medical
The LighterLife Programme is not just about losing weight. LighterLife means living life to the full and enjoying the many benefits that improved health can bring. It aims to assist controlled weight loss at the same time as promoting greater understanding of food, fitness and health issues.
Every four weeks you will have a short health check with a GP or practice nurse.
Case Study Elaine gained 5 stone in the 5 years following her hysterectomy. Her blood pressure and cholesterol levels became dangerously high and her doctor warned her that her weight was becoming a serious health risk.
One day Elaine had a chance meeting with a former colleague who had lost a lot of weight with LighterLife and this gave Elaine the inspiration to find out more about LighterLife and to go on to join a group.
Elaine lost 4st 5lbs with LighterLife and has said goodbye to her excess weight and her prescribed medication.
She no longer needs to take tablets and has maintained her weight loss for 2 years.
Fat Facts
- Obesity has reached global epidemic proportions, with over 300 million people obese and one billion overweight.
- Obesity shortens your life expectancy by, on average, nine years.
- The World Health Organisation recommends that obesity be classed as a disease in its own right, as well as being a risk factor for other chronic conditions.
- Over 40 serious health conditions are linked to obesity, including coronary heart disease (angina), high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis, strokes, gallstones, gout and Alzheimer's disease.
- A woman with a Body Mass Index over 35 is up to 80 times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than someone with a BMI of 22.
- If you are just 2 stone (12.7kg) overweight your chances of dying of a heart attack increase twofold.
- Being obese increases your risk of cancer of the breast, ovaries, uterus, kidney, pancreas, oesophagus, gallbladder, stomach, colon and rectum.
- If you are post-menopausal, obesity increases your risk of breast cancer by 50 per cent.
