NHS Highland Well Now Course
Information
The NHS Highland Well Now course was
designed by the Well Founded organisation, and
delivered by NHS Highland/The Highland Council
by trained and experienced facilitators.
The course covers:
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Mood and Food – how your mood effects
the food choices you make
Food and Mood – how to improve your
mood through eating well
Eating Well
The Dieting cycle and the Well-Being
cycle
Hunger and fullness – how to tune in to
the bodies signals
Physical and Social Activities
Body image and the media – how to
become more critical of media and social
messages we receive
Health and health behaviours
Courses run at different locations and at different
times throughout the year.
You can find out about current courses at:
http://www.nhshighland.scot.nhs.uk/YourHealth/P
ages/HealthyWeight.aspx
or contact:
Ann Grant, Dietetic Support Worker
01667 422719 or email
Ann.grant7@nhs.net
These courses are open to members of the
public. Everybody is welcome.
The facilitators do not have any personal
information about people before the course.
You can tell them as much or as little about
yourself as you like.
Get in touch now to book your place
and start improving your health
Well Now
Well Now is a structured course for those that
want to improve their health.
The course runs over 6 or 8 sessions for groups
of up to 16 participants.
Well Now offers an alternative to conventional
dieting.
Well Now is suitable for individuals of any shape,
size or weight and for anyone regardless of
health, wealth or fitness level. It is suitable for
women who are pregnant too.
How is Well Now different?
There are a whole range of diets designed to
induce weight loss. These include: calorie
controlled diets, meal replacements, points
systems, high protein diets etc.
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However, consider this:
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• If one diet worked perfectly, there would never
be the need for another, yet there are countless
diet plans available.
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• Dieting, for the majority of people, has been
shown to result in weight gain over time.
• Dieting often makes certain foods seem like
"forbidden fruit"
The Well Now course promotes a way of life
that focuses on intuitive eating and enjoyable
physical activity rather than dieting and weight
loss. The goal is to help people of all shapes and
sizes improve their health.
Well Now acknowledges:
• Dieting generates stress and feelings of failure
for many.
Well Now promotes a healthy approach to food. It
supports eating in a manner which balances
individual nutritional needs, hunger, fullness,
appetite and pleasure.
Many factors influence health regardless
of weight
A healthy relationship between food,
body and mind is essential
Physical activity should be enjoyable,
sustainable and enhance quality of life
Size acceptance, self approval and self
confidence improve well-being
We recognise that diets can be frustrating and
often don’t work. This is the opportunity to break
the diet cycle, tune in to body signals and learn to
respect and take care of ourselves in the body we
have right now.