As well as feeling better about yourself, keeping your weight within the healthy range significantly reduces your risk of certain medical problems.

Although you need to watch the overall amount of fat in your diet (about a third of your daily calories should come from fat), the type of fats you choose also has an important impact on your health.

Physical activity is a general term, used to describe everyday activities like walking, housework, gardening, washing the car or climbing the stairs as well as more structured 'exercise' like going to the gym, aerobic classes, dancing, swimming, cycling and playing sport.

Stress is part of everyday life - never more so than in today’s society. It is not just about anxiety and panic. It is the everyday experience of strain, time pressure, and trying to cope with the demands placed upon us - at work and at home.