Healthy weight and exercise

Making healthy lifestyle choices, including maintaining a healthy weight and staying physically active is important to your  health and development.

There is so much information about how much and what type of exercise you should do to stay healthy. Here is the most up to date advice from your school nurse. To keep fit and healthy you need to try and do

• at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day – this should range from moderate activity, such as cycling and playground activities, to vigorous activity, such as running and tennis
• on 3 days a week, these activities should involve exercises for strong muscles and bones such as sports like gymnastics or tennis

At the same time you should try and spend less time  watching TV, playing computer games and travelling by car. Try walking or cycling instead

Being active for at least 60 minutes a day is linked to better general health, stronger bones and muscles, and higher levels of self-esteem

If you would like to talk to a school nurse about your health then you can text us on our ChatHealth number 07480 635363. You can talk confidentially* to a school nurse

*Safety notice: “We might inform someone if we were concerned about your safety but we would usually speak to you first. Your messages are stored and can be seen by other health care staff who follow the same confidentiality rules, We aim to reply to you within one working day and you should get an immediate message back to confirm we have received your text. Text will only be seen between 9am and 5pm. If you need help before you hear back from us contact your GP, nearest walk in centre or dial 111. Our text number does not receive voice calls or MMS picture messages. We support messaging from UK mobile numbers only (which does not include messages sent from landlines, international mobile numbers and some ‘number masking’ mobile apps). To prevent the health professional from sending messages to you, text STOP to our number. Messages are charged at your usual rates.”

Others sources of information and support

• Change4life has loads of ideas and signposting to support healthy choices