- Slimming World was founded by the late Margaret Miles-Bramwell OBE in Derbyshire in 1969. It is the UK and Ireland’s leading weight loss organisation, with more people choosing to attend a Slimming World group each week than any other weight loss programme.
- Our evidence-based approach has helped millions of people to lose weight and keep it off long term. We support hundreds of thousands of people weekly through our community weight loss groups, run by highly trained self-employed Consultants, and through our digital service.
- Slimming World’s support system is built on a deep understanding of the guilt and stigma people living with overweight and obesity experience. We always treat people with genuine care, empathy, respect and understanding. When members join Slimming World, they become part of a community, in group and online, and each week we inspire and motivate people to make positive mindset changes and develop new, lasting healthy habits around food and activity.
- Our healthy eating plan, Food Optimising, is centred around ‘Free Foods’ – foods that are lower in energy density (meaning they have less calories per gram), and highly satisfying, so you can fill up on them for fewer calories. It’s a flexible plan enabling members to lose weight without ever feeling hungry or deprived, and without weighing, measuring or counting everything they eat.
- Our active lifestyle programme helps members overcome any barriers they face with exercise. They choose when and how to start, setting their own pace and finding activities they enjoy until regular physical activity becomes an unmissable part of their daily routine.
- Slimming World supports members taking weight loss drugs to build healthy habits around food and fitness, so the weight stays off long after the medication ends.
- We proudly work with the NHS, the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, The Royal College of Midwives, Diabetes UK and others to help shape the future of weight management in the UK and Ireland. We also support Cancer Research UK, Alzheimer’s Research UK and the Irish Cancer Society through fundraising.
- We’ve developed and launched our Slimming World Free Food range, available exclusively in Iceland and The Food Warehouse in the UK and Dunnes Stores in Ireland and introduced our Slimming World Kitchen recipe box service. These help members to continue making healthy choices, even when they’re short on time.
- Slimming World Magazine is the UK’s best-selling slimming title and available at a discounted price to Slimming World members.
For more information about Slimming World, visit slimmingworld.co.uk or slimmingworld.ie and for more information about Slimming World Kitchen, visit slimmingworldkitchen.co.uk
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