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Mar 2022
Harrogate council launches free 12-week weight loss programme for men
Harrogate Borough Council's leisure company has launched a free weight management programme to help men get active, eat well and lose weight.
Brimhams Active has been running the Fit4Life initiative in the Harrogate district for some time.
But this week it has launched a free programme for men-only funded by North Yorkshire County Council.
The 12-week programme starts on Monday, March 28 and takes places once a week at Jennyfield Styan Community Centre in Harrogate from 7.30pm to 9pm.
The first half of the session will involve an exercise class followed by nutrition advice.
Brimhams Active’s staff will teach residents about food choices to change their current behaviour and how to develop a healthy relationship with food.
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The programme will provide information about goal setting and eating awareness, dieting and myth bunking meal planning, portion sizes and shopping guidance.
To join, you must be a male aged 18 and over and have a body mass index over 30 kg/m2 (25 BMI if you have co-morbidities or are from BAME group), be willing to commit to losing five per cent of body weight and have no uncontrolled co-morbidities.
Changing lifestyles
Matthew O’Sullivan, health and wellbeing development officer at Brimhams, said:
To book a place, call 01423 556106 or email active.health@brimhamsactive.co.uk.
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