The Awan family embraces a healthier lifestyle with support from Beezee Families programme
Committed to achieving a healthier lifestyle, Farhat Awan, a mother of three from Wembley, was delighted to discover that Beezee Families was delivering a workshop session at her daughter Anam’s school, and she eagerly attended.
This wasn’t Farhat’s first experience with Beezee Families as she had initially completed
the programme two years ago with her daughter, now aged 11. After a positive experience the first time, she was keen to return again with Anam and her six-year-old son Malik.
Farhat’s primary goal was for her children to learn about healthy eating habits, encouraging them to embrace a healthier lifestyle to enhance their wellbeing whilst socialising and making new friends.
Delivered in weekly face-to-face group sessions by our qualified nutritionists, the
programme covers a variety of topics over a 12-week period, including transforming habits and routines, calories, portion sizes, snacks, food labelling and reducing sugar intake.
In addition, the programme offers fun physical activities, organised by our sports coach, for the whole family to participate in and enjoy.
Learning about a healthier lifestyle together
A notable achievement for Farhat was understanding the importance of limiting her
children’s snacking and learning how to portion food correctly according to each child’s
needs.
Farhat explained: “The children understand why it isn’t good to have too many snacks
during the day and now eat lots more fruit and vegetables.
“I learned about the importance of portioning food in accordance with the age and weight of each of my children, as it’s very easy to give them all the same size portion but it isn’t what they actually need.
“We were provided with a chart that outlines the appropriate portion sizes based on the age and weight of each child which helps me when I’m serving up meals to my family. It is really useful as it highlights the benefits of maintaining healthy eating habits and as a family, we refer to that often.”
Support to make positive changes
As a result of the Beezee Families programme, Farhat and her family have changed their
eating habits and made positive lifestyle changes.
Expressing her satisfaction with the programme, Farhat stated: “The support from the
Beezee Families programme was excellent and I would recommend it to anyone wanting to learn how to make healthy lifestyle changes. In fact, I have recommended to all my friends.
“The whole experience is interactive and educational, and I found it really beneficial in
helping me make changes. We enjoyed meeting new people, and it was very good for my children’s wellbeing.
“The whole team were great; they were friendly, understanding and helpful. Every session was enjoyable and each week the children looked forward to attending. I’m definitely going back in September.”
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