Diabetes WA - Healthy Lifestyle Programs

There are many benefits of having a healthy lifestyle which not only impact the individual but can also impact positively on your family, friends and environment.

Having a healthy lifestyle can reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis and some cancers while improving mental health, prevent injury and falls, and generally make you feel better.

Don’t wait to start being more physically active and eating healthy food, join the Get on Track Challenge and My Healthy Balance programs today.

Don’t Ignore Diabetes

Don't Ignore Diabetes was a campaign aimed at increasing community awareness and understanding of type 2 diabetes. Objectives of the campaign include:

* Increase awareness of diabetes as a serious medical condition
* Increase awareness of type 2 diabetes risk factors
* Increase understanding that type 2 diabetes can be prevented
* Increase access to quality information, support and services that have a type 2 diabetes prevention focus

My Healthy Balance

My Healthy Balance is an interactive program that will provide you with the skills, knowledge and confidence to live a healthy lifestyle. It includes:

* Practical healthy eating and physical activity information
* A healthy weight tracker
* Healthy food and physical activity trackers
* A goal setting tool
* Seven short educational sessions on various health topics
* Links to helpful resources and recipes

My Healthy Balance can help you:

Achieve and maintain a healthy weight
Reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes and other chronic conditions
Make healthy behaviour changes that can last a lifetime
Lose 2 kg and 6 cm from your waistline over 7 weekly sessions!

For more information and to join, visit www.myhealthybalance.com.au. Alternatively, contact the Project Coordinator on 9325 7699. If you would like to order promotional resources for this program click here.

Get on Track Challenge

The Get on Track Challenge is a free, fun and entertaining team-based physical activity and healthy eating program for all WA adults. It provides an exciting way to help you make positive steps towards your health and virtually explore our WA landscape at the same time!

How do you get involved?
Team up with 2-8 mates, family members or work colleagues and take a virtual adventure along a WA track. Visit the website to register and take part in an 8-week challenge or create your own competition.

What do you need to do?
Your aim is to find thirty minutes of physical activity and go for 2 serves of fruit and 5 serves of vegetables every day. Log in to the interactive website to record your daily physical activity minutes and fruit and vegetable consumption, and watch your team travel further along the track.

What benefits does the challenge offer?
The Get on Track Challenge is designed to help you make healthy lifestyle choices everyday.

It provides a fun and supportive team environment to help you be active and make healthy food choices
It enhances individual health and when run in a workplace can have a great impact on team morale and productivity
Mostly importantly the challenge is all about having fun!
Proven to increase your physical activity by an average of 13 minutes per week!

For more information, or to register, visit www.getontrackwa.com.au or contact a DWA team member on 9325 7699. To order resources to raise awareness about diabetes in your community, click here.

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