Wearable Wellness programme

Smart activity tracker watches are a great way to encourage a healthier lifestyle. They help you monitor your daily activities, show you how small increases in movement add up throughout the day, and even send you inactivity alerts telling you it's time to move, and much more.

The AmazFit smart activity tracker watch is available to borrow for free from these libraries, with a library membership. If you aren't already a library member, Join the library online, or in person at one of our libraries.

Key features of the watch:

• monitor heart rate, activity, sleep quality, and stress levels
• use with a dedicated smartphone app: Zepp (apps.apple.com) (opens new window) or Zepp (play.google.com) (opens new window)
• easy to set up and use with the  Activity tracker borrower guide (OpenDocument text format) [5MB] (opens new window)
• quick charging with a long battery life - up to 14 days use 

Sign up and follow up surveys with the terms and conditions for loaning a smart activity tracker watch are available to download or print here:

Activity tracker surveys (OpenDocument text format) [494KB] (opens new window)

Library members borrowing the Smart activity tracker watch must be 16 or over. The watches can be borrowed for up to six weeks from Salisbury or Trowbridge Library, or eight weeks from the North or South Mobile Libraries. Watches are cleared of all data when you return them, ensuring your privacy isn't compromised.

Why physical activity and exercise is important

Regular physical activity improves both immediate and long-term health. It enhances quality of life and can help prevent conditions like type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and certain cancers. Being active can help reduce mobility issues and falls in old age. It also enhances sleep, mental health, and strengthens muscles and bones. Simple changes like walking the children to school, cycling instead of driving, getting off the bus a stop early, are all things you can do to increase your physical activity.

Using a blood pressure monitor helps you track your heart health - it detects high blood pressure, which can indicate health issues - monitoring helps you raise any concerns to your GP or healthcare professional, and ensure timely treatment if needed. It's a simple way to protect your well-being, and encourage a healthy lifestyle.

The OMRON blood pressure monitor is available to borrow for free from these libraries, with a library membership. If you aren't already a library member, Join the library online, or in person at one of our libraries.

The blood pressure monitors come with usage guides and a monitor diary, available to download:

• Blood pressure monitor borrower guide (OpenDocument text format) [593KB] (opens new window)
• Blood pressure monitor diary (OpenDocument text format) [778KB] (opens new window)
• How to check your blood pressure at home (OpenDocument text format) [720KB] (opens new window)  

There is also a short video: British Heart Foundation - How to measure your own blood pressure (youtube.com) (opens new window), which goes through how to use a blood pressure machine.

Sign up and follow up surveys with the terms and conditions for loaning a blood pressure monitor are available to download or print:

• Blood pressure monitor sign up survey (OpenDocument text format) [594KB] (opens new window)
• Blood pressure monitor follow up survey (OpenDocument text format) [105KB] (opens new window)

Library members borrowing the blood pressure monitors must be 18 or over. The monitors can be borrowed for up to three weeks from Salisbury or Trowbridge Library, or four weeks from the North or South Mobile Libraries.

Why blood pressure is important

High blood pressure affects one in four adults, of whom half are undiagnosed or not receiving treatment. High blood pressure is a major risk factor for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), and significantly increases the risk of having a heart attack or stroke. It can also indicate kidney disease. Early detection of high blood pressure, and accessing treatment, can help people live longer, healthier lives. Measuring blood pressure at home is easy, and very useful tool in giving a more accurate picture of what a person's blood pressure is like.