NICHS: A Simple Way to Boost Heart Health

Heart Health / Get Fit

Looking for a simple way to boost your heart health during Heart Month? Just get moving! Regular activity strengthens your heart, lowers blood pressure, and helps keep your blood sugar in check. Plus, it lifts your mood, improves sleep, and gives you more energy. Every step counts towards a healthier, happier you!

6 benefits of being more active

1. Helps you maintain a healthy weight

2. Helps you sleep better

3. Helps overall health and wellbeing

4. Helps control blood glucose level

5. Reduces bad cholesterol and increases good cholesterol

6. Helps control blood pressure

For more ways to get active, check out the Get Fit section

 

Heart Health Useful Resources

There are a number of health campaigns throughout the year to raise awareness of...
As well as continuing to offer services to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions...
Educating and inspiring people in our local communities to lead a healthy and active...
Well NI is our range of workplace health promotion services which aim to improve people’s...
Our interactive webinars empower people to make informed lifestyle changes that will...
If you’re living with a long-term chest, heart or stroke condition, then our Taking...
Our information and wellness sessions delivered across NI focus on secondary prevention,...
If you’re living with a respiratory condition, then our Breathing Better team is here to...
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Cancer Focus NI, Keeping Well vans are mobile drop-in units which bring health checks,...
Our 'Well Check' is a comprehensive cardiovascular health check that can detect the early...
Well mind is a workshop which focuses on recognising the triggers of stress and the...
Is your heart condition.... Stopping you doing the things you want to do? Limiting your...
This supportive behaviour change programme motivates individuals who are ready to make...
Is your lung condition: Stopping you getting a good night’s sleep? Making you feel angry...
Work Well Live Well is a FREE workplace health and wellbeing support programme funded by...
Support to drink responsibly
It’s an easy to follow programme known the world over, and perfect for those new to...
Active 10 is a free and easy to use walking app that tracks your walking and shows you...
Nutrition scanner
Food diary, exercise tracker and diet coach
Use this tool to enter your blood pressure reading and find out what it means, along with information on how to reduce a high reading.
The Heart Age Test tells you your heart age compared to your real age.

Heart Health Helplines & Web Chats

Heart UK - Cholesterol Helpline
British Heart Foundation - Forum
British Heart Foundation Helpline
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