Find practical advice on healthy living and sources of reliable online medical information.
Explore this section, and more in our Food Safety and Healthy Eating section.
In this section...
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Winter Safety and Health - flu jabs, keeping warm and well in winter
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Alcohol - Know Your Limits - advice on sensible drinking and staying safe on a night out. Units of alcohol and the effects on your health. New Year, New You - Rethink your drink - 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. Ash to Cash - stop smoking with East Sussex NHS Stop Smoking Service between 1 January and 31 March and receive a £30 voucher
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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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Exercise - advice on everyday activities to improve your health
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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
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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
Health Websites and Leaflets
NHS Direct provides health information 24 hours a day, through a website, digital TV service or telephone helpline - 0845 46 47. 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.
To find hundreds of local and national support groups, search our web directory. 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.
You are at: www.eastbourne.gov.uk/lifestyle
