A survey of 5000 men has found that men gained an average of a stone during pregnancy. The reasons are several fold.
Firstly there tend to be more snacks around the home (women put on an average of 2½ stone). And men tend to choose to snack on high-fat foods.
Secondly, doting husbands and [...]

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A study has shown that 19,000 deaths a year in the UK are linked to being overweight. The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) has said that maintaining a healthy weight is a very effective way to reduce the risk of developing cancer.
The only more effective way to avoid cancer is for a smoker [...]

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Do you want to lose weight – and be fashionable too? Andrea Sachs in Time Magazine looked earlier this year at the latest books on weight loss diets to hit the book stands. Is one of them the new South Beach Diet?
In fact, more that [...]

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