Food and fitness vouchers part of plan to encourage healthy living
16:07 - 28/01/2011
Food and fitness vouchers part of pla...
Change4Life, the government’s healthy lifestyle initiative, is introducing the “Great Swapathon”, featuring food vouchers, nutritional advice and discounted activities to encourage families in England to eat well and exercise.
People can complete a questionnaire on the Great Swapathon website in order to gain access to £50 vouchers offering discounts on healthy food options and family activities. The vouchers, worth around £250 million in total, are being paid for by the food and fitness industries.
The vouchers are being offered as an incentive to encourage people to swap their unhealthy lifestyles for better habits during 2011. The website also offers nutritional advice for people and features recipes for healthy meals.
A number of major companies are supporting the government scheme and Health Secretary Andrew Lansley says: “It’s a great example of how government, the media, industry and retailers can work together to help families to be healthy.
“The healthy option isn’t always the cheapest option so it’s a really important step to be able to offer £50 off healthier foods, drinks and activities.”
First Response Training offers a Nutrition and Healthy Eating training course, which is suited to a wide audience. Lorraine Prothero, the First Response Training Officer who helped to develop the course, says: “Our Nutrition and Healthy Eating course is 3 hours in duration and provides delegates with knowledge about leading a healthy lifestyle, as well as guidelines about how to maintain weight and calorie control.
“Around 25% of all British adults are classified as obese, with only just over a quarter eating the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables a day. This is having a significant impact on health and lifestyles in Britain.
“The best way to a healthier, longer life is to eat a nutritionally balanced diet which is composed of the five major food groups. Eating a variety of foods from each group can help to protect you against obesity, cancer, heart disease and Type 2 Diabetes.
“Everyone could benefit from being a bit more active and eating more healthily. Ideally people should be doing 30 minutes of exercise around 5 times a week but this should be more like an hour for children. Most people could be eating more fruit and vegetables – we should all be aiming to eat five portions every day.”
For more information about First Response Training’s Nutrition and Healthy Eating course, or any of their training programmes, please call free phone 0800 310 2300 today.
People can complete a questionnaire on the Great Swapathon website in order to gain access to £50 vouchers offering discounts on healthy food options and family activities. The vouchers, worth around £250 million in total, are being paid for by the food and fitness industries.
The vouchers are being offered as an incentive to encourage people to swap their unhealthy lifestyles for better habits during 2011. The website also offers nutritional advice for people and features recipes for healthy meals.
A number of major companies are supporting the government scheme and Health Secretary Andrew Lansley says: “It’s a great example of how government, the media, industry and retailers can work together to help families to be healthy.
“The healthy option isn’t always the cheapest option so it’s a really important step to be able to offer £50 off healthier foods, drinks and activities.”
First Response Training offers a Nutrition and Healthy Eating training course, which is suited to a wide audience. Lorraine Prothero, the First Response Training Officer who helped to develop the course, says: “Our Nutrition and Healthy Eating course is 3 hours in duration and provides delegates with knowledge about leading a healthy lifestyle, as well as guidelines about how to maintain weight and calorie control.
“Around 25% of all British adults are classified as obese, with only just over a quarter eating the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables a day. This is having a significant impact on health and lifestyles in Britain.
“The best way to a healthier, longer life is to eat a nutritionally balanced diet which is composed of the five major food groups. Eating a variety of foods from each group can help to protect you against obesity, cancer, heart disease and Type 2 Diabetes.
“Everyone could benefit from being a bit more active and eating more healthily. Ideally people should be doing 30 minutes of exercise around 5 times a week but this should be more like an hour for children. Most people could be eating more fruit and vegetables – we should all be aiming to eat five portions every day.”
For more information about First Response Training’s Nutrition and Healthy Eating course, or any of their training programmes, please call free phone 0800 310 2300 today.
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