As we head into the New Year and those resolutions are fast upon us, health is riding high on the consumer agenda. Leading nutritionist Rob Hobson has partnered with British Apples and Pears to promote the ‘Happy Apple Plan', reaping the benefits of eating an apple before a meal as part of a healthy diet. Hobson says the ‘Happy Apple Plan’ is a simple way to lose those extra Covid and...
Figures from the Office for National Statistics predict that by 2039, 30% of the UK population will be aged over 60. Whilst our life expectancy continues to rise (an average of 81 years old), our healthy life expectancy has not risen as quickly (65 years old). In light of this, new research from leading nutrition charity the Institute for Optimum Nutrition (ION) has explored how we feel about...
A diabetes wakeup call drove a Plymouth mum to drop from a size 26 to 14 in one year.
Tracy’s weight had always limited her when it came to parenting, the 46-year-old physically couldn’t join in certain activities with her husband and son, Nicholas.
A series of weight related illnesses left Tracy fearing what could come next if she didn’t change her lifestyle quickly.
People have evolved to have subconscious urges to over-eat, and limited ability to avoid becoming obese, especially in winter, a University of Exeter study has found.
There is not yet an evolutionary mechanism to help us overcome the lure of sweet, fatty and unhealthy food and avoid becoming overweight for understandable and sensible reasons, according to researchers.
Devon’s Public Health leaders have added their voice to a growing debate about the amount of sugar in people’s diets.
Their comments follow the recent petition on a proposed sugar tax, handed to Government by TV chef and food campaigner Jamie Oliver, and the publication of a report by Public Health England (PHE) yesterday, entitled Sugar Reduction: The evidence for action. This report...
Magners reveals that nearly half of those in Plymouth think their partner is overweight
45 per cent of people surveyed in Plymouth in a relationship have admitted to thinking their partner needs to lose weight, but one third (33%) are too scared to say anything to their other half, it emerged yesterday.
The study of 2,000 Brits, commissioned by Magners Orchard Berries Light,...
With millions of people in the South West making well-intended pledges just over a week ago, a survey of the nation’s willpower commissioned by one of the UK’s leading motorway operators, Welcome Break, has revealed the region to be the one that most wants to lose weight and give up fatty foods this year, with 58% of people in the South West area of the country committing to living a healthier...
Local Devon author, speaker and nutrition consultant pens groundbreaking new book on the contents of our food and how devastatingly it can act upon our health and lifestyle. After many years of experience as a nutritional consultant, Peter Taylor concluded that the lack of information or misinformation about what we eat is leading to poor choices and ultimately poor health.
