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Lifescripts

Lifescripts patient brochure

Want to get more life out of life? You can do something positive today.

Lifescripts patient brochure: Want to get more out of life? You can do something positive today (PDF 141 KB)

Hard copies of this document can be ordered from National Mailing and Marketing - see Lifescripts order forms.

Html version of Lifescripts patient brochure

Everyone can make the most of life.
Everyone can benefit from a healthier lifestyle.

A healthy lifestyle can lower your risk for some serious long-term diseases.

• If you quit smoking now, you can breathe more freely, feel healthier and also reduce your risk of heart disease, stroke and lung cancer.
• Eating enough fruit and vegetables lowers your risk of cancer and heart disease. With the right advice, you can eat for health.
• Most of us enjoy an alcohol drink within limits, but binge-drinking or regular heavy drinking can cause ill health, accidents and personal problems. With the right advice, most people can enjoy alcohol in moderation.
• Just 30 minutes of moderate physical activity per day reduces the risk of heart disease, diabetes, stroke, mental illness and obesity.
• Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight lowers your risk for diabetes, heart disease and other common long-term illnesses.

Your doctor and practice staff can support you by:

• checking your lifestyle for health risks
• giving you personalised advice on how to reduce your risk of illness by making some healthy changes
• providing you with practical advice to help you improve your health
• putting you in touch with expert advice, information and support.

If you'd like help with healthier living, please tick the boxes and hand this card to the doctor or a staff member. Top of page

I would like some advice about healthy living.


Top of page

Text version of card

Please tick one or more options

• I'd like to quit smoking
• I'd like help to choose healthier foods
• I'd like to talk to the doctor about alcohol use
• I'd like to become more active
• I'd like help to manage my weight
• I would like to know more. Please contact me with more information about available lifestyle advice services or programs.
• I don't want to talk about this now, but please record that I would like to talk to the doctor about this in the future.

Name: (fill in your name)
Phone: (fill in your phone number)

This practice is participating in Lifescripts, a national program for a healthier you. Ask us about advice for healthy living.

Page last reviewed: 18 March 2011