Health and Fitness
Over 20 million Brits to take up walking to get healthy
Brits will be tightening their shoe laces as well as their purse strings in 2009 as 20.5 million intend to take up walking to get healthy and shed unwanted pounds.
OFT says check the facts before signing up to a gym
The OFT is warning consumers carrying out New Year's resolutions of joining a gym to beware of potentially misleading sales tactics and check carefully before signing any contracts.
Healthy snacking, anytime, anywhere
For a delicious, creamy and healthy breakfast or snack, enjoy Quaker’s new ready-to-eat porridge in a pot – Quaker Simply Oats & Fruit. These versatile pots are made with Quaker’s natural oats and real fruit compote, making them the perfect porridge choice for those on the go. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day because it provides the body and brain with the fuel and nutrients it needs after a night’s sleep.
Credit crunch increases fish & chip sales
New statistics have shown that despite the credit crunch, fish and chip sales have increased for the first time in five years*. The number of people going to fast-food restaurants rose by 3.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2008 as more people chose to save money and spend the evening at home with a takeaway.
Pregnant mums urged - apply now for £190 cash boost
Mums-to-be, with babies due on or after 6 April 2009, are being urged to apply now for the new £190 Health in Pregnancy Grant.
January 19th signals the end of our best laid plans
If you made a New Year's resolution this year, there's a one in three chance that by today you will have broken it. And despite the belt-tightening effects of the downturn, health related resolutions are more likely than money based ones to have gone down the pan by now. A new nationwide survey reveals that January 19th is the point at which our collective willpower reaches critical mass and goes bang.
50 is the new 40, but only if you are 45!
New research from Standard Life has revealed that 30% of the population think middle age hits between 46 and 50.
Superhero goes online to combat childhood obesity
“Fruitness enjoy it” is a three-year campaign for the promotion of healthier eating habits, which aims to educate children and raise awareness about fruit and the role it plays in preventing child obesity. Refreshed and renewed in look and content, the Mr.Fruitness website – featuring the superhero in green tights – offers its junior friends a fun online fruit-quiz about the role that fruit plays in nutrition.
Today is the best date to set a New Year resolution
As the nation freezes and struggles to adapt going back to work, January 14th has been marked by experts as the date to set a New Year resolution. A survey conducted by probiotic experts Yakult revealed 15.5 million Brits are struggling to keep to their resolutions in the first two weeks of the year with 5 million admitting to failing altogether.
14 is the happiest number for women
Size 14 women are the happiest with their life and looks, a new study has revealed. Girls who wear a size 14 dress size rated their general happiness higher than any other, with a quarter saying they were extremely happy. More than 43 per cent of size 14 women said they were as happy as they could be with their career, while almost a third said they couldn’t be more content with their love life.
Mamma Mia – Brits gets a case of ‘Streep Throat’
With sing-along sensation, ‘Mamma Mia!’ topping the UK’s all-time DVD sales charts, the nation has ‘Voulez-vous-ed’ and ‘Waterloo-ed’ its way into 2009. The winter release, which was issued just five weeks ago, racked up enough sales over the Christmas period to become the first disc to sell more than five million DVDs in the UK, toppling the previous record held by ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl’.
Millions yet to mentally recover from festive break
Most people agree that Monday mornings present a major challenge in terms of getting our brains back into 'work mode' after the weekend - but today in particular is doubly difficult. As the second week of January begins, a new survey reveals that more than four million of us have yet to mentally recover from the festive party season, despite it being almost two weeks ago.
Enjoy a Rude Valentine's Day
If you want to enjoy an orgasmic breakfast-in-bed this Valentine’s Day, why not serve up a healthy portion of Rude Health’s organic porridge or muesli? A bowl of 'Morning Glory' porridge, with creamy British organic oats, widely reputed to enhance libido by re-balancing oestrogen and testosterone levels, will help to keep your stamina up all morning thanks to their low GI score and iron content.
New initiative aims to combat child obesity
A new Government initiative is being launched this month to head off the UK’s snowballing child obesity epidemic. Without positive action, experts predict that by 2050, nine in ten of today’s children will be obese and at risk of serious diseases in their adult lives. Under the banner Change4Life, the Government is galvanising support from millions of people across the country.
New study reveals health risks for radiation workers
The risk of developing cancer among radiation workers increases with the dose of ionising radiation they are exposed to, according to a study by the Health Protection Agency published today in the British Journal of Cancer. The observed cancer risks are consistent with the international scientific consensus on radiation protection.