Publications

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Eat Well Be Healthy

A5 12 pages

Introduces the idea of the Eatwell Plate and why it is important.  Goes on to explain each section in detail including portion sizes of common foods in the group and fat and salt content.

Healthy Eating for
Primary School Children

12 page A5

Introduces the idea of the Balance of Good Health and why it is important.  It then goes on to explain each group in detail giving some ’child-friendly’ examples for each.

Healthy Lunch Boxes

6 page DL (A4 folded twice)

This leaflet gives practical tips to parents for putting together a healthy, but still attractive, packed lunch for children.  It explains how to maintain a balanced meal with different ideas on making them child-friendly.

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Tips for Healthier Asian Cooking

16 page A5

Urdu/English and Punjabi/English versions

This booklet gives practical examples of how to alter some traditional Asian meals and recipes to make them healthier.

Two versions are available - Urdu and Punjabi. Both also include the English translation.

Easy Weaning

12 page A5

Gives all the basic advice that any parent needs to know about weaning their child onto solid food, and is fully compatible with the current guidelines.
Written in simple clear language it explains about the process, possible problems that may be encountered and gives advice to get round them. The centre pages have an easy-read chart detailing what is best to give your child at each stage.

Happy Babbling

4 page A5

Explains the stages of a baby’s speech development in their first year.

It details what sort of things interest them at each stage and has suggested activities that help with the development.

Happy Talking

4 page A5

Follows on from the "Happy Babbling" leaflet and explains the stages a baby's speech development goes through from one to two years.

Gives tips for games and activities that can help with speech development.

Physical Activity

4 page A5

Explains why physical activity is important and how much you should be doing. Goes on to give some practical and easy ways to increase the amount you are doing, either by extra activities or just in your every-day life. Also has a chart on the back to record your progress.

You Can Get Fit While You Sit!

A3 folded twice

Details a series of gentle exercises, aimed at older people, that can be performed sitting in a chair. They help improve flexibility, strength and posture.
Each exercise has an illustration and a step-by-step description.

Defeating Depression

28 page A5

Starts by explaining what depression is and how to understand what is really going on.  This is the start to tackling it.

It then goes on to explain the importance of physical activity and gives advice on how you can be more active.  The last section details how the way you think about things can increase or decrease the depression with practical ways to change your thinking.

Coping with Anxiety and Stress

24 page A5

Explains what stress is and how to spot the symptoms.  Goes on to give advice and self-help tips on reducing your levels of anxiety, e.g. by spotting situations that cause particular problems and then modifying the way you approach them.

Managing OCD

28 page A5

A practical self-help guide to coping with obsessive-compulsive disorder.  Explains where many of the rituals and worries stem from and how certain patterns of thinking can cause them to escalate.
The practical help describes ways to tackle the unhelpful thinking and the troublesome worries.