One of the reasons I believe that diets ultimately fail, is that we usually start them in a negative frame of mind – because we feel bad about the way we look or feel. What’s more, for the majority of us who have been on repeated diets, it is difficult not to feel that this […]
Cervical Cancer Prevention Week is 22-28 January 2018. Find out what human papillomavirus or HPV really is, who can get it, what it means and how to reduce your risk. #SmearForSmear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGRYADY1ZUg&feature=youtu.be […]
Action Amanda wants to get your children moving! Watch this new music video with your kids. Its time to fight obesity levels which have alarmingly increased ten fold in children and teenagers over the last four decades according to new research in the Lancet […]
An inexpensive, 16-week NHS lifestyle programme aimed at patients with type 2 diabetes can help to treat the disease. A new study led by the University of Glasgow and published today in Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism, showed how effective the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Glasgow and Clyde Weight Management Service lifestyle programme was at […]
Each one of us needs to recognize and accept responsibility for our own health, and indeed our own happiness. As more and more people awaken to this reality, it drives the dawning of a new age – a much needed revolution in healthcare through self care. Currently the medical model of the west, and much […]
What happens to your body due to overeating? The average person’s stomach can cope with around one and one-and-a-half litres of food before feeling the urge to throw up, but can stretch to accommodate four times that much before a rupture occurs. Your stomach expands like a balloon and pushes against the other organs making […]
How often have you used the word ‘boundaries’ about others? Perhaps you’ve said your partner needs to get a better work-life balance with some boundaries or that your child needs boundaries at bedtime. But most of us rarely think how setting boundaries for ourselves could not only be useful but positively healthy. Yet a strong […]
Older people who are inactive or sedentary for any period of time can rapidly lose muscle mass and mobility. According to a recent study published in The Journal of Physiology, researchers have been able to document for the first time how the same period of inactivity has a greater and more severe impact on the muscle […]
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Fitness classes are not what they used to be (thankfully). Take inspiration from this Pathe Women’s PT film. […]
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Type 2 diabetes is a public health emergency and the number of people with this disorder has almost doubled since 1996 to nearly four million today. Most people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, which occurs when the body is no longer able to keep blood sugar levels under control, are put on a lifelong drug […]
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