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Good for the NHS:  it seems that overweight folk who are given diet coaching by the NHS are losing an average of more than half a stone each. The programme includes overweight patients being sent for around a dozen classes on diet, cooking and keeping fit, costing about £435 per head over a period of...

It depends on who you ask.  Thus, 90 per cent of school leavers believe it will be possible, within 30 years.  But by the time they graduate from university, nearly half of recent graduates suspect that they will never be able to pay back their student loan.  This is according to a recent report commissioned...

It takes a year to produce a loaf of bread, from field to fork.  Yet in the UK we throw away 24 million slices of it, every day.  The average person will throw away more than half a loaf of bread every month. A recent survey by Love Food Hate Waste has also found that...

More than a quarter of adults in Britain have multiple health problems, with high blood pressure, depression, anxiety and chronic pain being among the top complaints. A recent study has found that the vast majority of GPs’ time is being taken up by patients with several conditions, and that this trend is set to worsen...

A quarter of British parents do not help their children with homework, as they fear the embarrassment of not knowing how to do the work themselves. Just one in ten UK mothers and fathers spend the equivalent of at least an hour a day assisting their children with school work.  On average, British parents spend...

You may be wasting your money on antibacterial wipes and sprays because common germs can replicate themselves in just 20 minutes, recolonising to their original mass.  And so it is that Dr Clare Lanyon, a biomedical scientist from Northumbria University, says that using wipes on kitchen surfaces is in fact ‘an absolutely redundant’ exercise. Following...

Knitting can be astonishingly good for you.  This gentle hobby has been found to lower blood pressure, reduce depression, keep your mind alert, slow the onset of dementia, distracts from chronic pain (such as arthritis), boost wellbeing, and reduce loneliness. A major study by the organisation Knit for Peace has found that knitting lowers the...

Few of us enjoy shaking hands with someone whose hand is limp – and it may be for good reason:  a recent study has found that a strong handshake means a strong heart. An association has been found between someone with a limp grip and worrying changes in their heart structure and function.  The link...

Therefore, do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day…. (Colossians 2:16)  There were Jewish public holidays in New Testament times such as Passover. As Palestine was also occupied by the Romans, there were festivals and public games...

The last 10 years have seen an upturn in the number of people reporting difficulties with emotional and mental health issues, particularly anxiety and depression. And, it is often the strongest who struggle under the weight of all they have nobly tried to shoulder. Turn to the Bible, and this truth is played out in...

Do you wear yoga leggings and crop tops to exercise?  Be careful if you wear them for too long.  They can give you eczema and acne. It seems that working out in tight-fitting gear, and then leaving it on you, traps the sweat and rubs it into your skin, which can aggravate skin conditions. Health...

This may sound unlikely, but the happiest teenagers are those who spend just under an hour a day on social and other digital media. A recent survey of more than a million children aged 13 to 18 found that their unhappiness began to increase after they had spent more than an hour looking at screens. ...