Healthy Living Adolescent Service: Gro Health

What is Gro Health?

If you’re a young person aged 12-19 (or up to 25 with SEND) living in Barnet, you could be eligible for free access to Gro Health, the healthy lifestyle programme designed just for young people living in Barnet!

The London Borough of Barnet and Gro Health have partnered to provide new weight management and healthy lifestyle support for young people in Barnet. At Gro Health, we’re all about holistic health, so our program includes support around nutrition, physical activity, mental and emotional health, and sleep to help you improve your overall health and wellbeing.

What’s included in Gro?
With Gro Health you’ll get tailored age-appropriate health education, supporting resources and behaviour-change activities that your whole family can get involved with.
• Healthy eating education- Get excited about healthy eating with family-friendly topics including eating at school, dental health, and building a healthy relationship with food, all supported with additional downloadable resources, factsheets and 2000+ recipes.
• Getting active- Get active with fun on-demand exercise videos and education topics including the benefits of exercise, types of exercise, overcoming barriers, setting goals and staying active as a family.
• Improving mental health- Education around friendships and relationships, managing emotional and mental stress, stopping smoking, self-esteem and exam prep helps young people prepare for and navigate challenges.
• Better sleep- We know sleep has a big impact on our health, so make use of bedtime stories, guided meditations, music to sleep to and sleep education, to help get that all-important shut-eye.