Find practical advice on healthy living and sources of reliable online medical information.
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Healthy New Year Resolutions - get help achieving your New Year's resolution, whether it is losing weight, getting fit, stopping smoking, eating more healthily or drinking less
Explore this section, and find more in our Food Safety and Healthy Eating section.
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Winter Safety and Health - flu jabs, keeping warm and well in winter, cold weather advice
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Alcohol - Know Your Limits - advice on sensible drinking and staying safe on a night out. Calculate your units of alcohol and the effects on your health. Cutting down on alcohol can help you lose weight, get fit and save money
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Help to Stop Smoking - where to get free advice and support. Get help to quit with East Sussex NHS Stop Smoking Service
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Healthy Living - top tips for good health, including drinking more water
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Change4Life - join the campaign to eat well, move more, and live longer
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MidLife Check Online Tool - a free, easy to use online service for anyone over 40, covering weight, smoking, alcohol, stress and exercise
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Sun Safety - tips to protect yourself in the sun to prevent skin cancer
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Hot Weather - Heatwave Advice - how to avoid heat exhaustion or heatstroke during hot summer weather
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Hair and Beauty - including advice on sunbeds and UV tanning
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Gambling and Your Health - tips to avoid addiction problems and where to find help and support
NHS Online Tools and Videos
Health Websites and Leaflets
The NHS Choices website has a health topics A-Z, body map and Live Well section with health advice for each stage of your life. We have also selected links from this page to reliable health information websites and leaflets to download.
You can access over 500 Patient UK information leaflets on health, diseases and medicines. Use the Patient UK Web Directory for one-stop access to trustworthy websites which have been reviewed by GPs.
NHS Health Trainers in East Sussex
The NHS Health Trainer service in East Sussex is available free for adults in areas with lower life expectancy, to tackle health inequalities. In Eastbourne it covers Hampden Park, Upperton and Devonshire wards.
Health Trainers are local people who are trained to help and support you to make the lifestyle changes you want, such as losing weight, eating more healthily, getting more active or stopping smoking. To find out more call 01323 418997 or visit the Health Trainers website using the link from this page.
You are at: www.eastbourne.gov.uk/lifestyle
