North & West Qld Primary Health Care

Accredited Lifestyle Modification Program Name: Health Wise Choice


Health Wise Choice provides participants with facts about healthy eating and being active, barriers, group education sessions detailing lifestyle risk factor change, healthy eating, weight management and pre-diabetes as part of a comprehensive Lifestyle Modification Program.

The program runs over six months and consists of a combination of individual and group sessions. Individual assessments are carried out at the start and finish of the exercise component.


Facilitator Name: Michael Watter
Facilitator contact phone number: (07) 4728 6913
Facilitator contact fax number: (07) 4728 4098

Accredited Lifestyle Modification Program Name: Lighten Up

Lighten Up to a Healthy Lifestyle Program is an evidence-based selective preventative intervention developed by Queensland Health. It is a group-based program that encourages adults who are at risk of chronic disease to adopt a healthier lifestyle, prevent weight gain, or lose weight through sustainable behaviour change. Lighten Up assists participants to develop skills to set and achieve goals for long term health benefits. It does not focus on short-term results, but rather on strategies that enable people to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

The program consists of seven workshops and 3 individual screening sessions, and is designed to be delivered by health professionals from a variety of backgrounds. The workshops are run over six months to comply with the National accreditation standards.

Facilitator Name: Sue Swanson
Facilitator contact phone number: 454 6584