Family Lifestyles project

Healthwatch Hampshire (HWH) were commissioned by Hampshire County Council to interview families who face greater barriers accessing resources and support to promote a healthy lifestyle. 

These interviews aimed to find out what initiatives families would find useful by identifying: 

• What topics or issues were important to their family? 

• What barriers they face in taking up support or getting involved in activities? 

• What could help remove the barriers and motivate them to take part?  

We carried out: 

• 3 clinic visits  

• 5 visits to foodbanks/community pantries/organisations 

• Interviewing 27 families total 

  
  

The lifestyle issues that were most important to parents were: 

• Healthy food on a budget  

• Picky eaters 

• Balanced diet 

• Barriers to healthy lifestyles for children with additional needs 

• Encouraging children to be active, sports and fun activities for children 

• Positive body image for young people 

• Problems with children’s sleep 

• Concerns about screen time 

  
  

Families also provided ideas of what would be useful to them and these formed the basis of our recommendations to Hampshire County Council on the design of a future ‘healthy lifestyles’ programme. 

You can view the presentation slides:

Amend Family Lifestyles Meeting slides.pdf

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Next steps: Hampshire County Council are working with a steering group to discuss the next steps based on what families told us!  You can find out more on our blog.