Chronic Disease Information

NHS encourages healthy lifestyle choices, including regular physical activity, healthy eating, and smoking cessation, to help manage chronic conditions effectively. You can find some useful links below.

Weight loss 

Healthy eating 

Smoking cessation 

Active living

BETTER HEALTH NHS TAYSIDE- COOKIT

Quit Your Way Scotland

WALKING SCOTLAND

SLIMMING WORLD GREEN HEALTH  STOPPING SMOKING NHS

FANS IN TRAINING

 

      GET OUT GET ACTIVE

 

Looking after your health and wellbeing

Looking after our physical and mental health is good for us and can help to deal with difficult times in the future. The link below provides up to date information on the steps we can all take to improve our health, as well as the local and national sources of support that we can access to help with this.

LOOKING AFTER YOUR HEALTH AND WELLBEING - NHS

 

KICKSTART YOUR HEALTH BY DOWNLOADING THE FOLLOWING APPS 

 

NHS FOOD SCANNER APP 

DOWNLOAD ON APP STORE  

DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY

 

NHS WEIGHT LOSS PLAN APP

DOWNLOAD ON APP STORE

 DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY

 

NHS COUCH TO 5K APP

DOWNLOAD ON APP STORE

DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY

 

NHS ACTIVE 10 APP 

DOWNLOAD ON APP STORE

DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY

 

NHS DRINK FREE DAYS APP 

DOWNLOAD ON APP STORE

DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY

 

NHS QUIT SMOKING APP 

DOWNLOAD ON APP STORE

DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY

 

Check your Body Mass Index(BMI)

Community Hubs and Centres have various fitness and wellbeing classes available to you. These can range from fitness classes to mindfulness classes.

 

Find your local hub below:

Charleston Community Centre

Douglas Community Centre

Finmill Centre

Hilltown Community Centre

Menzieshill Community Hub

Mill O' Mains Community Hub

Whitfield Community Project

PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR A DETAILED LIST OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES

 

British Heart Foundation https://www.bhf.org.uk/

Diabetes uk  https://www.diabetes.org.uk/about_us/news/coronavirus

Asthma uk https://www.asthma.org.uk/

Chest Heart Stroke Scotland https://www.chss.org.uk/

British Lung Foundation  https://www.blf.org.uk/

 

Page last reviewed: 25 September 2025
Page created: 25 September 2025