Placed Based
Weight Management
Our Place Based Weight Management Service supports you to achieve a healthier weight and improve your overall well-being.
There are weekly group sessions where we talk about:
- Food choices and portion sizes
- Moving more in ways that work for you
- Sleep and stress
- Understanding emotions and habits around eating
You’ll get helpful tools and kind support each week, and you’ll never be judged, just supported.
Your Very Local Service
The Healthy You Place Based Weight Management programme offers a psychologically informed model. Each session lasts for one and a half hours, with a 30-minute drop-in before or after.*
Each week, you’ll focus on a different topic. These range from learning about nutrition and portion sizes to understanding the importance of sleep.
Our practitioners don’t tell people what to do; instead, you will be guided and supported to understand how thoughts, emotions and feelings influence decisions. We’ll help you develop strategies to make healthier choices, cope with setbacks and manage specific triggers like stress.
What’s Included?
Find effective weight management strategies, nutritional insights, peer support, and follow the 12-week programme.
You can do this in person or online. Dig into obesity reduction tools that are tailored to you.
Mindful Eating
Selfcare & Stress Management
Emotional & Social Eating
Understanding Food Labels
Introducing Physical Activity
How we can Help You to Lose Weight
Healthy You’s FREE Adult Weight Management service is a comprehensive 12-week virtual, face-to-face or self-directed digital service which combines nutrition workshops and physical activity sessions delivered by our expert (and very friendly!) team of health professionals, including our registered Nutritionists and trained Physical Activity Specialists, who are here to guide you every step of the way.
Face-to-Face Service
To view the full list of Adult Weight Management clinics and find the one nearest to you, please click here.
Digital/App-based Service
If you are interested in an entirely digital offer to access at a time convenient for you and suit your busy lifestyle, please speak with your GP to see if you are eligible to be referred to the NHS Digital Weight Management programme or NHS National Diabetes Prevention Programme.
Local Group Alternatives
As proud partner of Slimming World, we can offer FREE 12-week access to join one of your local groups as an alternative option to our own programmes.
*To be eligible to access Slimming World, you cannot have been a paying member of either group for the 12 weeks prior to the point of referral.
Who can Lose Weight with us?
- Anyone aged 16+ who lives in Cambridgeshire
- Or registered with a GP in Cambridgeshire
- Your BMI needs to be equal or greater than 25
- If you are from a South Asian, Chinese, other Asian, Middle Eastern, Black African or African-Caribbean family background your BMI needs to be above 23
How to Sign-Up
If you would like to discuss your eligibility or talk to a member of our team about the service, please contact us on morelife.healthyyou@nhs.net.
Alternatively, you can fill out the sign up form here and a member of our team will be in touch.
FAQs
What are the groups like?
- Closed groups the first 12 weeks, open groups in the 9 monthly, up to 18 people all working towards the same goal
- Facilitated by a kind practitioner who wants you to do what works for you and feel your best
- The sessions are structured with a review of progress at the start, delivery of the content and then goal setting. Breakout rooms and discussions will happen throughout the session
- Everyone is in a similar boat and will have experienced similar things – groups are inclusive and non-judgmental
- People are not picked on although they may be asked how their week has been and to set a goal at the end of the session
How do the groups help the clients?
- Supportive, sharing struggles, successes, hints and tips
- Seeing familiar faces in a familiar space
- Knowing the structure of the sessions and what is encouraged from you
- Understanding the issues faced by the group and their impact on routines
- It is a safe space to share and ask questions, not just with the professional but with others in the same position as yourself
- A place to celebrate or laugh about shared experiences that you can relate to, or things that might not make sense to people not in the same situation
- A place to sit and absorb what is being discussed, maybe to write down and reflect on later
How long are the sessions?
Up to 90 minutes, depending on the contract requirements.
How will the sessions be delivered?
Either face-to-face in a venue that is the closest to you or online via the free video platform, Zoom.
What time and day are the sessions?
Monday to Thursday at either 10am, 1pm or 6pm.
Do I need my camera on?
- No, you do not need to have your camera on. However, we will encourage you to have it on to help you engage with the programme more and help gain better results
- Practitioners will ask how you feel about being in a group, so you can advise them
- Practitioners can make adjustments to make you feel more comfortable, such as talking you through the session, having the camera off early on or inviting you into the session early to help you settle
Is everything confidential?
All information that is mentioned in the groups is confidential (unless you are at risk of immediate harm).