These new group sessions developed by Occupational Health and Wellbeing Services are designed to support you to eat well. Launching during Nutrition & Hydration Week, they purpose to provide information about how our eating habits can affect our wellbeing and also provide practical advice for the small changes we can make to eat healthier.
There's several themed sessions planned and the dates and learning outcomes for each, can be seen below. The sessions are designed to be concise, covering the key points. Questions and group interaction welcomed.
Learning outcomes:
- Understand the different types of dietary fat, and the effects they have on health
- How fat is ‘low fat’?
- How to reduce fat content in your diet.
The expected duration of the session is approximately 30 minutes and run over Teams.
| Date | Time | Registration |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 15 March | 10am | Book a place for this session |
Learning outcomes:
- What is fibre? Why is it good for our health?
- How to increase fibre in diet.
- Understand the effects on health of too much salt in the diet
- How to reduce salt in your diet.
The expected duration of the session is approximately 30 minutes and run over Teams.
| Date | Time | Registration |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 15 March | 4pm | Book a place for this session |
Learning outcomes:
- Understand how much sugar is in soft drinks.
- Understand what a unit of alcohol is, and what the recommendations are.
The expected duration of the session is approximately 30 minutes and run over Teams.
| Date | Time | Registration |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 16 March | 12pm | Book a place for this session |
Learning outcomes:
- Why can meal planning be useful?
- What is a portion?
- Understanding the importance of the correct portion size.
The expected duration of the session is approximately 30 minutes and run over Teams.
| Date | Time | Registration |
|---|---|---|
| Friday 17 March | 10am | Book a place for this session |
Learning outcomes:
- How much fruit and vegetables are recommended?
- How to increase fruit and vegetables in our diet.
The expected duration of the session is approximately 30 minutes and run over Teams.
| Date | Time | Registration |
|---|---|---|
| Friday 17 March | 2pm | Book a place for this session |
The groups will be run by our team of Health and Wellbeing Facilitators whom have previous experience of running group based programmes of this type and have the knowledge to provide the appropriate advice to support your wellbeing.
The content for the sessions has been developed in accordance with government recommendations on eating healthily and achieving a balanced diet, The Eatwell Guide.
Any queries should be directed to wellbeinghub