City enlists in countdown to a healthier lifestyle; Vorderman spearheads fitness quest.Byline: LIZA WILLIAMS A CAMPAIGN was being launched in Liverpool today to get neighbours working together towards a healthy lifestyle. TV presenter Carol Vorderman Carl Vorderman MBE (born 24 December 1950 Bedford [1]) is a Welsh television personality best known for being a long-standing co-presenter of Channel 4 game show Countdown. She was awarded an MBE in June 2000. is spearheading the Neighbourhood Health Watch, which concentrates on three British cities - Liverpool, Glasgow and Bir mingham. Around 50 individuals are being recruited from each location to work together in a quest for Verb 1. quest for - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby" quest after, go after, pursue look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the healthiness. Ms Vorderman, who has teamed up with Lloyds pharmacy for the scheme, said: "Trying to maintain a healthier lifestyle can be a really lonely business. "If you do not have a network of support around you, it is easy to slip back into bad habits. "If you are lucky enough to have close family support, that's great, but lots of people have to go it alone when they decide to do more exercise, stop smoking, follow a better diet or cut back on alcohol. "And yet all around us - probably on the same street - there are people in the same boat, people who have the same goals and who are struggling with the same motivational barriers. "If they get together then, with support from healthcare professionals like pharmacists This is a list of notable pharmacists.
The city has the highest incidence of early death from circulatory circulatory /cir·cu·la·to·ry/ (ser´ku-lah-tor?e) 1. pertaining to circulation, particularly that of the blood. 2. containing blood. cir·cu·la·to·ry n. 1. disease and the highest number of alcoholrelated hospital stays. So far, around 30 people have been recruited in the city, so places are still available. Andy Murdock, pharmacy relations and governance director at Lloyds pharmacy, said: "We are recruiting up to 50 people in each of the three neighbourhoods we chose. "We will be taking a series of measurements such as cholesterol, BMI BMI body mass index. BMI abbr. body mass index Body mass index (BMI) A measurement that has replaced weight as the preferred determinant of obesity. and blood suga r. "We will then work with participants to help them work together to improve those measures over the course of 2009 and into 2010." Pharmacists will provide a health improvement plan to all participants and provide mini-health checks throughout the year to let people know how they are getting on. They will also provide free equipment such as blood pressure monitors to help people manage their health better at home, as well as offering advice and assistance. See www.lloydspharmacy. com/neighbourhoodhealthwatchoremailchloe.hudson@lloydspharmacy.co.uk if you want to take part.. CAPTION(S): Carol Vorderman launching the health campaign Picture: FABIO DE PAOLA |
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