For first line advice please click on the following link to the NHS Wales ‘Healthy Weight Healthy You’ website:

Home - Healthy Weight Healthy You (healthyweight.wales)

In Powys, adults can access NHS support to lose weight via our local Weight Management Service. This service accepts self-referrals.

The Weight Management Service is run by the Public Health Dietetics Team. Specially trained Assistant Practitioners will assess you and direct you to a suite of courses which help motivate and support you in making healthier choices. These include dietary education (Foodwise for Life), developing cooking skills (Get Cooking), exercise (National Exercise Referral Scheme (NERS)), or access to more tailored support.

This service is accessible to those who are 18 years old and over, live in Powys / have a Powys GP (General Practitioner) and have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of over 25kg / m².

Please click on the following link to the self-referral form:

Level 2 Weight Management Service Self-Referral to Powys Teaching Health Board (office.com)

Some exclusion criteria apply, and if necessary we will redirect your referral. For more information about this service please contact via email at: Powys.PublicHealthDietetics@wales.nhs.uk

If you would like to learn more about how to lose weight the healthy way, become more active and to find support and ideas to help you change your eating habits then the Foodwise For Life course is ideal for you.

Powys Teaching Health Board offer an 8 week Foodwise for Life healthy lifestyle programme, or if unable to commit to this a one off introductory session to improving your eating patterns.

Foodwise for Life is delivered by trained Dietetic Assistant Practitioners over 8 weeks; sessions are fun and informal and cover a range of topics to encourage and support you.

To find out more, or sign up to the course, please visit the following link: Foodwise For Life - The Practice of Health (nhs.wales)

There is also a 'Foodwise For Life' App that you can download which offers you lots of information on food & nutrition and help managing your weight.

See below for further information: