Healthy Weight
Being active can help to prevent over 20 conditions and illnesses including some cancers, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis and depression.
Being active, along with a healthy diet, helps us to maintain a healthy weight and is an important part of helping to reduce levels of obesity. Physical activity makes us feel good and is a great way to support good mental health.
One of our key St Helens Cares priorities is Active Lives and Healthy Weight. We have an Active Lives Strategy which sets out to achieve the vision "To work in partnership to increase levels of physical activity across the whole population of St Helens borough, whilst maximising opportunities for people experiencing inequality to participate in activities". The stratgey focuses on the following seven themes:
- Active leadership
- Active communities
- Active health and social care
- Active environments and facilities
- Active young people
- Actively inclusive
View the St Helens Active Lives Strategy 2022-2027 (PDF) [8MB]