Marsha Towey

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• By
• Marsha Towey

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Agenda

• Overview of programme
• The story so far?
• Successes to date!
• Personal views
• Future aims

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What is One Body One Life?
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Aims

• To support individuals and families who are
  underweight, overweight or obese, to make
  sustainable lifestyle changes relating to healthy
  eating and physical activity.

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Overview of programme

• Free 12 week programme
• Health check at start and end
• BMI, waist/hip ratio, blood pressure, lung
  capacity
• Health diary
• Recording of progress, exercise tips and
  motivational advice, healthy eating recipes
• 2 sessions per week
• 1 hr healthy eating
• 1hr ¼ exercise
• On going support
• Solutions focused coaching and goal setting

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The story so far!

• Started courses in January 08
• 1 cohort of courses have just been completed
• 3 Courses were successfully run
• Henley Green Primary School
• Woodway Park Secondary School
• Loxley Court Elderly care home

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Successes to date!

• Exceeded all targets for quarter 4
• Targets for 1st year
• Number of people benefiting from healthy
  lifestyle product 237.
• Number of health promotion activities 14
• Number of families completing OBOL course 41
• Number of referrals to OBOL 35
• Number of referrals to other agencies 65

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Successes to date!

• OBOL product has been successfully adapted to new
  client group
• Elderly clients
• Only a 21 drop out rate
• Invitations to do repeat courses at
• Woodway park Secondary School
• Henley Green Primary School
• Individual improvements are currently being
  evaluated

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Individual views

• "The course has given me a lot personally, a lot
  of useful practical tips and helped me realise I
  can do physical exercise..it has helped the
  pupils to think about food groups, portion
  control and how to be healthier
• Kelly Cadden, Learning Mentor, Woodway Park
  School

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Individual views

• Fruits
• Fruits glorious fruits
• Mouth watering flavours
• Bananas, pears, apples and plums
• Crunching and tasting around our gums
• Oranges, grapes and strawberries too
• All healthy food just for you
• Eat five a day from now until then
• Stay fit as a fiddle when counting to ten
• Drink them, blend them or cut them with a knife
• Remember, you only have one body and only one
  life
• Sam Nichols, Henley Green Primary pupil

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Future aims for OBOL

• New course started at St Patricks School 22nd
  April
• Repeat courses at Woodway Park, Henley Primary
• Potential summer courses
• Adult only course with Pertemps
• 0-5 course with Children and family services
• Lyng Hall summer course
• Youth club summer course
• Older persons group at Woodend Community Centre

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Future aims for developing NDC staff

• Over summer we will be developing accredited
  courses for professionals working in the NDC area
  for
• Healthy Eating
• Physical Activity
• Healthy Eating Foundation Course (1day)
• Accredited Level 2 CIEH qualification
• Physical Activity Course (1day)
• Health promotion focus, benefits of exercise,
  how to motivate people to become involved, where
  to locate appropriate activities
• If interested in accredited qualification please
  give names and contact details by email or end of
  meeting

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Contact details

• Marsha Towey Community Lifestyle Coach Mobile
  07958 262688
• marsha.towey_at_coventry.gov.ukBally
  DhuggaCommunity NutritionistMobile 07958
  262689
• bally.dhugga_at_coventry.gov.uk