Lighten Up

Lighten Up to a Healthy Lifestyle 

Lighten Up is a group-based healthy lifestyle support program, which employs a behaviour change approach to improving health and well-being and preventing chronic diseases.

The program emphasises making healthy food choices, being physically active, and making healthy lifestyle changes including setting realistic goals, overcoming negative behaviours, increasing self esteem and dealing with stress.

 Lighten Up was developed by Queensland Health  in 1990 to address the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity, which poses a major public health problem not only for Queensland but also globally.  The focus of the program has since been expanded form weight management to promoting healthy lifestyle behaviours.

 Lighten Up to a Healthy Lifestyle is suitable for all adults (>18 yrs) who wish to adopt a healthier lifestyle, prevent weight gain or lose weight.  The approach is suitable for adults with metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes or glucose intolerance, elevated lipids or high blood pressure. 

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 Website:  http://www.health.qld.gov.au/lightenup