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Weight loss surgery ‘cuts cancer risks’

WEIGHT-LOSS surgery – such as stomach stapling – could reduce cancer risk in obese women, according to new research published.Read

Gym equipment installed in Liverpool parks to keep elderly fit

LIVERPOOL parks have been fitted with outdoor gym equipment in an attempt to tackle the health and fitness issues of the city’s pensioners.Read

You’re just four weeks away from a bikini body

The good news – summer’s on its way. The bad news – you need that bikini body, and fast. Here Lyndsey Todd, a professionally- trained ballet dancer and personal trainer at the Total Fitness gym on Edge Lane gives her exercise and diet plan for shaping up for your holiday in the sunRead

Personal Trainer Lyndsey Todd

Lifestyle: You’re just four weeks away from a bikini body

THE good news – summer’s on its way. The bad news – you need that bikini body, and fast. Here Lyndsey Todd, a professionally- trained ballet dancer and personal trainer at the Total Fitness gym on Edge Lane gives her exercise and diet plan for shaping up for your holiday in the sunRead

Phil Renton from Total Fitness

Festive survival guide

Christmas dinner can really take its toll on your body. Emma Johnson gets advice on easing the damageRead

Cutting edge technology to understand cancers at University of Liverpool

CUTTING-EDGE technology to help understand the causes of cancer is to be installed at the University of Liverpool.Read

Pictured outside the million pound tanker that will be touring Liverpool over the next month are, (l-R) Mark Jones, Lifestyles Manager for Liverpool City Council; Annette James, lead for obesity at Liverpool PCT; Ann Keenan, Community Engagement Manager; Shirley Judd, lead dietitian for Liverpool PCT; John Marsden, head of Liverpool Active City and Julie Curren, head of Taste for Health are pictured outside the tanker _320

Liverpool to lose a million pounds

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Can Cook, Will Cook Book chefs at the launch of the first cookbook at Parklands in Speke last September. Pictured is cook Mick McEvatt from Speke with his grand-daughter Tilly McEvatt

Taste for health making healthy food more accessible

We know that in Liverpool, about half of all adults are overweight (Merseyside lifestyle study) and if current trends continue, today's children will not live to the same age as their parents.Read

Olympic gymnast Beth Tweddle launches the Pace Pat equipment at LifeBank in Kensington. Also pictured is Gideon Ben-Tovim, Chair of Liverpool PCT

Liverpool needs to be more active

Recent research has shown that in Liverpool only 18% of adults are active enough to benefit their health. This is allied to the fact that only 1 in 3 boys and 1 in 5 girls aged 9-11 are achieving the target for children of at least one hour of physical activity per day. If present trends in Liverpool continue then it is projected that by 2020 nearly one third of the population will be seriously overweight.Read

Style City: Paulette Houghton

The rise of silver surgery

A TOUCH of nip and tuck is no longer the preserve of the young. Emma Pinch reportsRead

Personal trainer Emma Robertson

Lose weight, feel great

IS ALL that festive bingeing weighing heavy on you? Emma Johnson has tips on how to beat the Christmas bulgeRead

Maxine Shisselle's own breast cancer experience led her to become a fundraiser for Liverpool's Linda McCartney centre

Being 'Breast Aware' saved my life

Maxine spotted the early signs of cancer – could you? Emma Johnson reportsRead

Searching for perfection

THEY may say beauty is only skin deep, but try telling that to the thousands of women around the world who say their self-esteem is inextricably linked to how they look and are considering a trip to the surgeon to hold back the years.Read

Celebrity diets influenced my anorexia

ONE woman’s obsession with stars and their eating habits saw her weight plummet to just five-and-a-half stone. Emma Pinch reportsRead

Age is a state of mind

Age is a state of mind

World record-breaking yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, who proudly started the Clipper Yacht Race in Liverpool on Sunday, tells Peter Elson he has no intention of slowing downRead

Making the world a healthier place

Making the world a healthier place

Laura Davis discovers how Mersey marvels have been helping cure the ills of people everywhereRead

Yoga closes a series of themed events

Yoga closes a series of themed events

SEFTON Park provided the setting for a day of yoga and other health-related events over the weekend.Read

Dave Edwards and his wife Fran who is suffering from the early onset of Alzheimer's disease. Picture: Geoff Roberts

Struck down at 53 by cruel disease

AS ITV screens a documentary charting the effects of Alzheimer’s, Susannah Peters meets a Liverpool family living who have to live with them every dayRead

Healthy food provided by Nutrional Therapist Helen Turner

Food with a healthy twist

AS Liverpool gears up for its 800th birthday celebrations, a nutritional therapist tells Laura Davis that party food can be healthy and funRead

So far, so good as pub trade looks up

So far, so good as pub trade looks up

ONE month on from the introduction of the smoking ban, Mike Chapple looks at its impact on Merseyside’s pubsRead