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A poll commissioned by the Department of Health has shown that married couples take less exercise than single people . They found that spouses were much less likely to take the recommended 150 minutes...Consumers duped by health drinks that ‘don’t work’
A Which? report claims that millions of consumers are being tricked by costly drinks (such as probiotic drinks) that actually provide no benefits. Pop into your local Tesco (or any other supermarket f...Obese teens can sleep off diabetes risk
US researchers have found that sleeping for eight and a half hours a night could reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes in teens. A study of 62 teenagers in the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia f...The sweet secret to a slimmer figure
Scientists from Yale University have found that eating fresh fruit and vegetables will stop you from snacking on less healthy options. When our supply of glucose (a type of sugar used as energy for th...The early bird catches the worm… and is slimmer, happier and healthier.
Researchers from Roehampton University have found that those who get up earlier are slimmer, happier and healthier than those who have a lie-in. People who don’t use their ‘snooze’ f...Is calorie counting really working?
Following last week’s article McDonald’s put calories in plain sight, figures from Harvester, one of Britain’s biggest restaurant chains, suggest that diners eat only 25 fewer calori...30% of adults in four boroughs are obese
Statistics by the Department of Health have been released that reveal the four most obese boroughs in the UK. In Gateshead, Tamworth, Swale and Medway at least 30% of adults are obese- a figure that w...Group meetings are better for dieting than doctor’s advice
Research published in The Lancet shows that people who enrol on schemes such as WeightWatchers and Slimming World lose twice as much weight as those who only take advice from their doctors. The paper ...McDonald’s put calories in plain sight
As a frequent visitor of McDonald’s, I know full well that if you want any sort of calorific information, you need to scour the teeny-tiny print on the back of the tray-liners. Not exactly a pla...Middle-aged Britons ‘least healthy’ in the world
According to a study by Bupa Health Plus, middle-aged British people are more likely to be obese, smoke and have depression than those of their age group around the world. Over 13,000 people from 12 c...
