Hypertension / High blood pressure
Healthy diet and lifestyle changes can play an important role in managing blood pressure and reducing the risk of heart and kidney disease. Eating less salt, choosing more fruits, vegetables, wholegrains, and lean proteins, staying physically active, maintaining a healthy weight, and limiting alcohol can all help support healthy blood pressure levels. Small, sustainable changes over time can make a big difference to long-term health and wellbeing.
Non-urgent advice: Diet
Non-urgent advice: Food Labelling
Non-urgent advice: Alcohol
Non-urgent advice: Exercise
Couch to 5K is a plan to help absolute beginners gradually build up to running five kilometers.
Take up the 10,000 Steps Challenge, where you aim to walk 10,000 steps every day.
Ramblers and Wellbeing Walks both organise free walks all over the country every week, or find your nearest walking group.
The NHS’s One You has lots of ideas for getting active.
Non-urgent advice: Weight
Non-urgent advice: Stress
Non-urgent advice: Smoking
NHS Smokefree app is free to download from app stores. This app is a 4 week programme that gives practical support, encouragement and tailored advice for those who want to stop smoking. If patients can stay smoke free for 28 days then are 5 times more likely to quit for good.
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SMOKEFREE BRISTOL is a free service provided by Bristol City Council and Solutions 4 Health. Any Bristol resident aged 12 or older can use the service and receive one-to-one support to stop smoking.
Visit https://www.bristol.gov.uk/smoke-free-bristol or call 0800 772 3437 or text QUIT to 66777.