Healthy eating

A balanced diet with plenty of fruit and vegetables will help keep you healthy and reduce your risk of heart disease, stroke and some cancers.

Why not start by making sure you have the recommended 5 portions of fruit and vegetables every day?

Fruit and veg are packed with vitamins and minerals, give you plenty of the fibre and antioxidants your body needs, and taste great too!

For more information about getting your 5 fruit and vegetables a day, including simple recipes, go to the 5 A DAY website.

You can also get lots of information about how to eat healthily and well from NHS choices.

Brighton and Hove Food Partnership

Healthy people make a healthy city – that’s the belief of the Brighton & Hove Food Partnership, an organisation working towards a sustainable food system for the city

We provide a range of community-based food and nutrition services to promote a better understanding of the links between food and health, including:

•   weight loss programmes that encourage healthier lifestyles;
•   opportunities to learn to cook and grow food;
•   better access to affordable, fresh, seasonal food.

The Healthy Weight referral scheme at the B&H Food partnership is partly funded by Brighton and Hove NHS and offers a range of services, including:

MEND (5-7 years & 7-13 years) – a FREE healthy lifestyle programme for children

Shape Up – a FREE healthy lifestyle programme for adults

Shape-Up at work - a healthy lifestyle programme that can be delivered at your workplace

Weight management clinics (via GP referral) – see our Health Promotion dietitians

Healthy Choice Award - the sign of healthier food at cafes & restaurants

Community Cookery Project - improve your cookery skills

Harvest - offers training for those wanting to grow their own food