What's included?

This scheme gives you 12 weeks free support from Slimming World or Second Nature (you pick one that's right for you).

We pay for you to attend 12 x weekly group sessions, with access to all the online and in-group information offered by your choice of Slimming World or access to the Second Nature programme via an app. Also included is your attendance at two further sessions to keep you going, 6 and 12 months after you start.

What do I get out of it?

The aim of Healthy Choices is to support people to lose 5% of their start weight over the 12 weekly sessions, and to have learned the skills to keep going with a healthy approach to life in the future.

How do I know if I can use healthy choices?

We do have some eligibility criteria for Healthy Choices, which we apply to help us support people in the right way. These are:

You're over 18 years of age
You have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of a certain level
You're not pregnant
You haven't paid to attend at Slimming World or WW in the last three months

You're ready and committed to losing weight
You haven't previously participated in Healthy Choices
You live within Dorset or BCP Council boundaries and/or registered with a NHS Dorset CCG GP practice

How do I sign up?

To access this scheme, you'll need to be registered with LiveWell Dorset.

You can do that online or on the phone. Speak to one of our Wellness Advisors, who will check that you fit with the eligibility criteria. Once we know you’re eligible, we’ll help you find the right weight loss group for you and send you all the information you need to get going.

Jilly from Poole
I've lost 6.5 stone and 8 inches from my waist in just under a year.

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How does this work?

The tailored approach LiveWell Dorset uses to come up with solutions to the things that are stopping us achieving our goals, is based upon work done by University College London developing the COM-B model of behaviour change. In this model, all behaviour is influenced by understanding a person’s capability to change, their opportunity to change and their motivation to change. By understanding which of these is the biggest barrier to change, we can tailor support accordingly. This model of behaviour change is at the centre of the support we offer, online and in person.

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