SPEAKER: Prevention is better than cure. You all know that, don't you? Have you been looking for some help and guidance for maintaining your health? Well, today I want to tell you all about a new health program called BeWell, BeWell online actually. 1This is an interactive website packed with resources to assist you in achieving your health goals. On this website, you'll find up to date health information you can trust. It has a register which includes a quick online check to assess your health and keep track of your progress. What do you want to do? Lose weight? Give up smoking? Manage your blood glucose levels or just improve your overall fitness? 2Use the simple online assessment tool and receive a personalised report on your current state of health. This is what we call your Wellness Register. After you've completed this, you'll be ready to move on. Now, the Active Health Agenda is where our team of experts has created a series of interactive eight week programmes for some of the most common health goals. 3These are aimed at differing ages and lifestyles and include healthy eating and workout plans, plans for losing weight, stress management, longevity, or how to age gracefully by maintaining your health, and express workouts for those of you who never have enough time. 4If you join up to Be Well online, you'll not only be able to use a whole suite of interactive tools and calculators, but you'll also have unlimited access to an extensive library of health articles, delicious, simple recipes and illustrated exercise descriptions. Let's look first at the Active Sport component. This gives you individual attention in fact, it's a virtual personal trainer. 5Sports science and fitness experts have developed programs that will enable you to take on a specific sporting challenge or fitness goal adapted to your particular ambition and skill level. Detailed daily warm ups and workout plans and weekly training schedules will help you prepare for any upcoming event of your choice: marathons, triathlons, open water swims, cycling or fun runs are just some of the events you could enter with confidence when you've completed an active sport program. Be Well Online also features an Active Care Project. This caters for individuals who want to address specific health needs. The four courses in most demand are: 6Stop smoking, which will give you strategies, email support and reliable tools and resources to help you quit smoking forever. Then there is Glucose Management, a self care program designed for people with high blood sugar, which will help you manage your condition and improve your overall health. Obviously, heart health has a large following. It's basically all about lifestyle modification where you will take a course of action with the aim of improving your cardiovascular health. 7Those of you who suffer from neck and or back pain will benefit from the Back Care programme, but we're talking about minor troubles here. Anything major should be attended to by a qualified physician in person. So what are you waiting for? Register today at bewellforlife.com.
SPEAKER: Okay. I can hear some of you saying that you don't have enough willpower to go through with our online program. Well, just for people like you, we offer Be Well Coaching. What is it? It's a telephone based service that will give you the extra support, 8motivation and techniques that will provide the impetus for you to bring about permanent changes. Who runs it? The course is delivered by experienced health coaches as well as qualified exercise physiologists, dietitians and nurses. Who can use it? 9Well, this service is really for those of you who have serious health concerns like diabetes, arthritis or high blood pressure]}. I know there are many of you out there who could benefit from this. How does it work? 10Your health coach will provide assistance as you develop a plan and maintain regular contact over a period of six months to help you stay on track. You'll also get access to a phone in service for extra support if you need it, and you'll be provided with health information specifically targeted at your individual problem. Now, what could be better than that?