Healthy weight resources for the workforce

Childhood obesity animation 

This short video demonstrates for health and care professionals the vital role they play in supporting children, young people and families in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Healthy weight slide set for workforce development

Detailed slides have been developed as a training tool to inform workforce development, including links to a range of useful free resources including e-learning and guidance documents. Slide sets focus on skills and core messages to support brief conversations and include:

Infographics to deliver core healthy weight messages

Six engaging infographics have been developed for professionals, which can be used in practice to deliver core messages. Each of the six focuses on a different age group:

  • preconception
  • during pregnancy
  • birth to six months
  • six months to aged four
  • school aged children (five to aged eighteen)
  • parents and carers