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How Healthy Are You?

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Step 1: Your Details

Female Male
Married Single
Yes No

Step 2: Your Healthy Living Index

Answer the following questions to give you your More Active 4 Life Healthy Living Index. The index will give you a score out of 100. You will be invited to complete the questions again after six weeks so that you can see how much your Index has improved after completing the More Active 4 Life Programme.

Question 1: Your Activity

In the past week, on how many days have you done a total of 30 minutes or more of physical activity, which was enough to raise your breathing rate. This may include sport, exercise, and brisk walking or cycling for recreation or to get from places but should not include housework or physical activity that may be part of your job.

Of this activity how many times have you done at least 20 continuous minutes where your breathing has become heavy, your body has felt challenged and you can talk comfortably but only for a few sentences. This may include sport, exercise, and brisk walking or cycling for recreation or to get from places but should not include housework or physical activity that may be part of your job.

Question 2: Your Daily Work Activity

Do you have an occupation that involves physical activity that raises your breathing rate?

Yes No

If you answered 'Yes' to Q 2a, tick which of the following activities you perform on most working days (you can tick more than one).

Moderate lifting, carrying
Heavy lifting, carrying
Brisk walking or similar activity (e.g. cycling, stair climbing) that's part of your job for 30 minutes or more in a day
Moderate mechanical or hand tool operation (including house and gardening work)
Heavy mechanical or hand tool operation (including house and gardening work)

Question 3: Your Eating Habits

Which of the following best describes your eating habits. Note that this is designed as an average guide not an exact amount. A portion of fruit or vegetables is one piece of fruit or 2 /3 tablespoons of vegetables. A high fat, and/or sugary snack is the equivalent of a small packet or piece of either sweets, crisps, chocolates, cakes or sweet or savoury pastries.

Always skip meals, eat no fruit and vegetables and eat 5 or more high fat sugary/snacks per day
I often skip meals and eat on average 1 portion of fruit and vegetables and 3 - 4 high fat/sugary snacks per day
I often skip meals and eat on average 2 portions of fruit and vegetables and 2 high fat/sugary snacks per day
I occasionally skip meals and eat on average 3 portions of fruit and vegetables and 1-2 high fat/sugary snacks per day
I often skip meals but eat on average 5 or more portions of fruit and vegetables and 1-2 high fat/sugary snack per day
I eat on average three meals, including 5 or more portions of fruit and vegetables and 1 or less high fat/sugary snacks per day

Question 4: General Lifestyle

Do you Smoke?

Yes No

Do you drink more than 14 (for women) - 21(for men) units* of alcohol per week where 1 unit = 1 small glass wine, 1 measure spirits, 1/2 pint beer/larger

Yes No

How often do you feel stressed?

Question 5: Your Feelings

Which of the following best describes your general feelings in regards to changing your healthy living habits.

I never have any energy and am neither confident or motivated to change my healthy living habits
I sometimes feel I have energy but I am neither confident or motivated to change my healthy living habits
I sometimes feel I have energy and motivation to change my healthy living habits but I have no confidence in myself to change
I have energy and am always motivated to change my healthy living habits but I sometimes lack the confidence to change
I have lots of energy and feel motivated and confident in myself to be able to change and maintain my healthy living habits
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