Healthy Living
The Health Improvement Team at
Cheshire East Council promotes healthy living and aims to
improve safety, health and wellbeing of people in their
communities, to reduce inequalities in health and to prevent ill
health.
It is important that we follow a healthy lifestyle in order
to keep our bodies and minds in a healthy condition. This can
help to prevent the development of ill health in the future.
The following determinants were recognised in “Our Healthier
Nation” in 1998 as factors that affect people’s health:
- Fixed factors e.g. age, sex, genetics
- Social and economic circumstances e.g. poverty, unemployment,
social exclusion, crime
- Environment e.g. air quality, water quality, housing, working
environment
- Lifestyle e.g. diet, physical exercise, smoking, alcohol,
sexual health, drugs
- Access to services e.g. health, social services, transport,
leisure
Therefore the factors that can affect our health include a
variety of lifestyle choices that we need to make as individuals.
The lifestyle choices we make as individuals can also affect our
children.
How to stay healthy
The information available on the links
below can assist you in making the right decision
regarding your lifestyle choices:
You can view the latest
update from Change4Life (PDF, 846KB).
More Information can also viewed on the following links to
external websites:
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