How to lose pounds fast
Finding a reasonably priced gym is a tricky business. Clubs are often reluctant to tell you what they charge and a 'no joining fee' is not always what it seems, finds Lucy Siegle.
Walk on the mild side
You don't have to be super fit or rough it to walk in the Himalayas. Stick to the foothills and enjoy the mountains from afar.
New food poisoning outbreak leaves 83 ill
· Twice as many females hit by rare salmonella · Health alert comes two weeks after Cadbury scare
Wrong choice of brand can double salt intake
· Food watchdogs urge parents to check labels· Fat levels vary wildly in products for children
Industry lobbying ‘derailed junk food ban’
· Broadcasting regulator met food bosses 29 times · Advertising controls too weak, say campaigners
Watchdog puts ban on celebrities advertising junk food to under-10s
New rules banning the use of celebrities to advertise junk food during television programmes designed to appeal to the under-10s were announced yesterday as part of proposals to tackle obesity in children. By Owen Gibson.
Is it OK … to join a gym?
Leo Hickman: There are many who pedal or row furiously on a machine in a gym and wonder why all the energy isn't being harnessed somehow and made to, say, power the television showing MTV above their heads. They are right to wonder this. You would have the added incentive that if you stopped pedalling, the loud music video driving you on, or the cooling air, would cease.
Tesco rejects traffic light food labelling
The Food Standards Agency's attempt to introduce consistent health labelling of processed foods looked certain to be thwarted.
Junk food banned in schools from September
A ban on confectionery, crisps and fizzy drinks being provided in schools looks certain to begin in September following the publication of advice to ministers by the new School Food Trust.