Improve your health by taking a step towards an active lifestyle with Steps4Health.

Did you know as little as 10 minutes of brisk walking daily can increase life expectancy by several years? 

Steps4Health is an online programme for anyone over 18 wanting to become more active or anyone living with a long-term health condition such as obesity or diabetes. Steps4Health provides a personalised physical activity programme and ongoing support to help improve your health by becoming more active. 

Steps4Health aims to provide information for individuals living with long-term health conditions, such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure, as well as those wanting to increase their physical activity more generally. 

PLEASE NOTE - STEPS4HEALTH IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FREE-OF-CHARGE* FOR ANYONE WANTING TO BE MORE ACTIVE SO WHY WAIT?!

What’s included? 

  • A personalised physical activity programme tailored to your fitness and mobility level  

  • Our walking programme will help you increase your steps gradually for health benefits  

  • Our online exercise sessions cater to all abilities, from seated workouts to full-body exercises. These sessions are available on demand for use at a time that suits you  

  • Track daily activity including walking, sitting, workouts, and sleep  

  • Set daily activity goals and notifications that fit to your ability and lifestyle  

  • Direct access to the physical activity experts from the Leicester Diabetes Centre  

  • Competitions, challenges, and award notifications to keep you motivated on your fitness journey. 

  • Interactive content about getting and staying active 

 

How does Steps4Health work? 

Steps4Health allows you to connect with your Fitbit, mobile phone or other activity monitors via Google Fit. You can also use Steps4Health without an activity monitor. 

Steps4Health will ask questions about your mobility and activity levels before generating an activity plan that is appropriate for you. 

Additionally, you can access interactive learning sessions about your daily activities, booster sessions to learn more about staying active while managing a health condition and a range of workout/exercise videos. 

How can I sign up? 

Sign up for FREE by clicking this link today: https://forms.office.com/e/jqDwdWTtLh 

 

About Steps4Health 

Steps4Health aims to provide a personalised physical activity programme with continued feedback and progression, based on the latest research and designed specifically for people with long-term health conditions. 

Steps4Health has been developed by the Leicester Lifestyle and Health Research Group at the Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC), at Leicester General Hospital. 

The LDC team undertakes ground-breaking research, harnessing diet and movement behaviours across the 24-hour day as therapies in the prevention and management of long-term conditions, including diabetes. The team’s research in this area has changed and improved international guidance on physical activity and long-term conditions. 

    

 *free until December 2025 at which point all existing users will be able to continue using the programme for free but where there may be a charge imposed for new users.

Michael Bonar