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Garmin Index S2 smart scales are available in black and white, offering six body measurements and automatic syncing with Garmin Connect.

Garmin Index S2: The smart scales that track so much more than weight

Salter's Phantom Scale has never been this cheap before

These smart scales are a Black Friday bargain - we've tested them

Sofia Alessia, 27, with her daughter Alya-Valentina, 4, after weight loss surgery.

Mum who nearly died from weight loss surgery warns it 'isn't worth' it

Slimming World helps promote healthy eating habits

Local Councils In Partnership With Slimming World

Tirzepatide: what is weight loss drug and how is different to Ozempic?

Wegovy is now available on the NHS

Weight-loss injection Wegovy now available on the NHS

Blackpool FC Community Trust's Fit Blackpool sessions have been popular Picture: Blackpool FC Community Trust

Blackpool FC Community Trust has a busy September ahead

Child obesity action call.

75 per cent of all Year 6 boys in the north west are now obese

Top five tips to reduce snoring – including reducing alcohol intake and sleeping...

Before and after shots of Dave Page, 72, from South Shore, who lose three and a half stone and has maintained a healthy weight since

Blackpool man proves Slimming World is not just for women

Newly released NHS data shows that nearly a quarter of children in Lancashire are finishing primary school obese.

Nearly a quarter of older primary school children in Lancashire are obese

Lindsay Notts, from St Annes, who was determined to achieve a healthy BMI after cancer battle

Cancer survivor says losing weight saved her life

A person with suspected stroke may have sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes (Photo: Adobe)

Irregular evening meal times could increase stroke risk, study warns

Your waist size should be less than half your height to keep health problems at bay (Photo: Adobe)

NHS says keep waist size to less than half your height to be healthy

People risk developing type 2 diabetes if they can’t fit into the jeans they were wearing at the age of 21, one of the world’s leading experts on the disease has said (Photo: Shutterstock)

People who ‘can’t fit into jeans they wore aged 21’ risk developing type 2 diabe...

A partnership between Wyre Council and Slimming World saw 126 people sign up to a free 12-week scheme to shed the pounds during the pandemic.

Average of 11 pounds lost in Wyre Council's weight loss scheme
A partnership between Wyre Council and Slimming World saw 126 people sign up to a free 12-week scheme to shed the pounds during the pandemic.
Rebecca Beardmore

People considered obese are more likely to catch Covid, according to a study (Getty Images)

People with higher BMI 'more likely to test positive for Covid'

More than half of adults have no idea what affects their life insurance premiums

1.7m more people will be told to shield in England - and will get priority access for Covid vaccines (Photo: Shutterstock)

1.7m more people will be told to shield in England - and will get priority acces...

Life with anorexia isn't just protruding ribs and daily marathons

Dying to be thin: The dark reality of life with anorexia

Vegans are more likely to break bones than meat eaters - according to a new stud...

This is how to find out your 'Covid-age' - and what it means

A report has suggested that men with beer bellies have a higher chance o dying if they are diagnosed with prostate cancer (Getty Images)

Men with beer bellies more likely to die from prostate cancer suggests study - h...

NHS England is trying to tackle type 2 diabetes with plans to encourage some of those with the condition to undertake a soup and shakes weight-loss plan (Photo: Shutterstock)

People with type 2 diabetes will be entitled to free soups and shakes from the N...

Girls are starting puberty almost a year earlier than in the 1970s - here's why

Cathy is the happiest she has ever been now that she has regained her health.

'I didn't leave the house for four years and took 36 pills a day, but losing wei...

Water is the most commonly reported dieting tool

Middle age spread 'can be stopped - by drinking litres of water'
Middle age spread can be stopped in its tracks - by drinking litres of water, according to new research.
Iain Lynn

Six per cent were considered severely obese

One in four Blackpool children obese by the time they leave primary school

A cup of coffee can stimulate "brown fat"

Coffee 'could help you slim'

Sleeping in front of the TV could be making you fat - here’s why

Most of the factors that lead to obesity, can be identified before a child is even born (Photo: Shutterstock)

These tests will show whether your child will be fat by the age of 10

Mica Pullen with her son Harley, also pictured right.

Gazette readers get behind angry woman whose little boy Harley was branded too h...

Nasty Gal's Bikini advert

Nasty Gal ads banned for using model who seemed 'unhealthily underweight'

Coaches Bob Hudson and James Ridge

The football league where the losers win

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How commuting every day negatively affects your health and wellbeing

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Watching too much TV could lead to higher risk of heart disease and cancer

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Boys 'less fit than they were 20 years ago - regardless of their weight'

Sam Buschini has started the Cambridge Weight Plan Centre in Cleveleys

Cambridge Weight Plan worked an absolute treat for determined 35-year-old mum-of...

'Too much telly at age two makes for unhealthy teenagers'

Eating more slowly 'may be the best way to lose weight'

Body fat 'triggers breast cancer in normal weight women'

Young women who binge drink dramatically increase their risk of developing diabetes as they get older

Binge drinking '˜causes diabetes in women - but not men'

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Eating avocados could beat heart disease and flab

Overweight and obese workers take more sick days

One too many: exercise is not the only solution to reducing the obesity epidemic

Brits consuming 100 million fast food and takeaway meals a week

Around 25,000 cancer cases could be prevented in the UK every year if everyone was a healthy weight

Obesity now 'strongly linked' to many cancers

Mums who pile on the pounds during pregnancy are no more likely to give birth to a baby that develops heart problems in later life

Mums who pile on pounds while eating for two '˜don't harm unborn child'

Reduction in the risk of dementia?

Three cups of coffee a day keeps the doctor away

Fat fears turning men into gym bunnies

Taking public transport instead of the car could help you lose weight

Is your car journey making you fat?

Pregant women are being warned over their weight

Health fears as half of mums-to-be in North are overweight at first maternity ap...

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