Stroke Patient Portfolio (PDF) - Buckinghamshire County Council

Personal Lifestyle AssessmentThere are various changes in your lifestyle that will help you feelfitter and healthier and help reduce your risk of stroke.Circle the letter of the most relevant answer in each section for furtherdiscussion with your key worker. Eating more fruit and vegetables, oily fish and low fat, high fibre foods can help toreduce your risk of stroke. Reducing the amount of salt in your diet can reduceblood pressure.How much would you like to improve your diet?ABCDI don’t need to, I am already following the GovernmentHealthy Eating guidelinesThere probably are some changes I could makeI know that my diet could be better, but I need more informationMy diet isn’t very healthy, but I’m not ready to make changesPatient Comment A healthy weight can help to prevent high blood pressure, vascular illness and diabetesHow important is it for you to be a healthy weight/like some help andadvice to lose weight?ABCDI’m underweight and would like to put on a few poundsI think my weight is just about rightI’d like to lose a few poundsI’d like some help and advice to lose weightPatient Comment36