Whether it’s moving more, or eating healthier food, there are lots of simple ways to kickstart your health in 2023 with support from One You Kent’s healthy weight support service. Around 3 in 5 adults in the county, 63% of the adult population, live with an increased risk of developing serious diseases such as common…
Kent County Council (KCC) Chairman Lesley Game today marked the end of Mental Health Awareness Week 2022 by urging anyone struggling with feeling lonely not to suffer in solitary silence and to seek support. This year’s dedicated week to mental health which ended last night (Sunday, 15 May) focused on loneliness, raising awareness of how it…
‘Healthy changes start with little changes’ – that’s the message from the Better Health campaign which is supported by One You Kent services to help people lose weight and get active. Kent residents who are facing increasing health issues from poor key lifestyle behaviours including inactivity and unhealthy eating, along with smoking and drinking too…
As 2022 gets underway, many of us are looking towards setting some New Year’s Resolutions. The Better Health Smoke Free campaign – supported by One You Kent smoking cessation services – is here to help with free proven NHS tools and support to quit this January. Giving up smoking is good for your health, and…
Stoptober is underway with its 10th mass quit attempt, calling on smokers in Kent to join the 2.3 million others across England who have made a quit attempt with the campaign since it launched a decade ago in 2012. Over 6 million adults in England still smoke, and it remains the leading cause of premature…
Concerns that increasing numbers of people are drinking alcohol at levels that can seriously harm their short and long-term health, are leading to calls encouraging residents to take urgent steps to check how much they’re consuming. Estimates show the majority of people (75%) drink sensibly and in safe limits but in Kent, approximately 295,000 people are…
The theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week (10 to 16 May) – ‘Connect with Nature’ – is being supported by services across the county including Live Well Kent, One You Kent and Explore Kent. Information is available at www.kent.gov.uk/wellbeing on these services, plus many more, which can help you try to improve your…
This No Smoking Day, why not #QuitforCovid with help from One You Kent services and the ‘My Quit Route’ app. The number of people in Kent who smoke fell to 13.7% in 2019 and is at a record low but with COVID-19 still prevalent, and causing more severe symptoms for smokers, there has been no…
Health leaders in Kent have welcomed the Government announcement on today’s World Obesity Day for £100million national funding in healthier weight support services. Across the country, over £70 million will be invested into weight management services – made available through the NHS and councils – while the remaining £30 million will fund initiatives to help…
Online help for residents who want to reduce how much alcohol they are drinking is now available in Kent from an easily accessible app. Latest estimates show the majority of people (75%) drink sensibly and in safe limits but in Kent, approximately 288,433 people are drinking above the recommended safe limits – with 23 per cent…
This Stoptober, a new app is available in Kent, offering digital help to residents who want to quit smoking. Latest Office of National Statistics figures show the number of people in Kent who smoke has fallen from 15% in 2018 to 13.7% last year and is at a record low but with COVID-19 still prevalent,…
Health experts from One You Kent will be offering free social media sessions on how to quit smoking, eat a healthier diet, cut down on alcohol or just feel better about life from today (Tuesday, May 26). Advisors for the programme will be offering 10 to 15 minute sessions throughout the week that people can…