Top Tips for Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle

People with a learning disability are more likely to be severely overweight (obese) than people in the general population; in fact, women with learning disabilities are more likely to be obese than men. This resource presents:

  • barriers to healthy lifestyle
  • 10 top tips for helping people maintain healthy lifestyle
  • considering choice, duty of care and making informed choices
  • story of Jordan who supported Faye to lose weight

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