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What is Obesity?

Obesity is the physical condition of having a significantly higher weight and proportion of body-fat than the recommended healthy range. (NHS guidelines are a BMI of 30 or above for this category). It is associated with increased likelihood of many medical problems, but also often results from or causes psychological distress.

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When we need help

Obesity comes with significant health risks, and as such needs addressing promptly. Diets and exercise regimes often fail long-term however, because they are unsustainable or because associated distress or patterns of thought, feeling and behaviour are not changed at a fundamental level. Obesity can also cause psychological damage as a response to shame or other negative emotions, which left unaddressed lead to further difficulties. Getting expert health advice and also coming to understand the reasons for weight-gain and improve our mentality around food and living is advisable at an early stage, for all aspects of our wellbeing. 

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Our Approach

At Flourish we always take a personalised approach, and will consider your personal history, circumstances and preferences from a bio-psycho-social perspective in recommending and adjusting a care/treatment package. We usually combine guidance on food, exercise and other lifestyle changes with psycho-education such as self-esteem building or body-image, and therapies such as CBT which helps people to adjust their patterns of psychological response and learn coping skills for a more balanced and positive mentality. If appropriate we can also provide trauma therapy, or NLP / Hypnotherapy to deal with associated stress or distress, or whatever else might help you in achieving your goals and a more happy and healthy state of body and mind. 


We do not prescribe diets but will offer the advice of a highly specialist dietitian to design a personalised and sustainable food plan for gradual weight-loss and optimal wellbeing. 

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Registered Address: Ribblesdale House, 14 Ribblesdale Place, Preston PR1 3NA 

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Registered Address: Ribblesdale House, 14 Ribblesdale Place, Preston PR1 3NA

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