What is eating well?
Having a healthy and balanced diet is an important part of maintaining good health, and can help you feel your best. By eating a wide range of foods in the right proportions, and consuming the correct amounts of food and drink for your height and weight you can maintain a healthy body weight.
Throughout this page find the services and information for maintaining a healthy body through food consumption.
Changing your diet
People with special dietary needs or a medical condition should ask their doctor or a registered dietitian for advice before making changes to their diet.
People with special dietary needs or a medical condition should ask their doctor or a registered dietitian for advice before making changes to their diet.
Eating well isn’t the only way to improve your physical and mental health. Visit:
To find out more information on the other ways to maintain a healthy body.
Healthy eating support
Essex Wellbeing service
The Essex Wellbeing service offers one to one healthy eating and lifestyle support for anyone aged 16 plus.
If you want to make lifestyle changes to improve your eating habits then visit –
NHS Eat well
The NHS eat well hub hosts a number of great resources and tips about maintaining and managing your weight.
If you are looking to make changes to your diet, visit their eat well guide for advice on getting the balance right over a day or even a week.
Better Health
Better Health is a collection of resources by the NHS and their partners aimed at helping people achieve a healthy body and healthy mind.
Visit better health for advice from:
- Man V Fat
- Slimming world
- Weight Watchers (WW)
- Get Slim
- Noom
- Second nature
- Healthier for life
You can also download the NHS weight loss app that helps you track your weight and provides useful tips and advice for a healthier body in a simple 12 week programme.
