March 2020

Stay healthy and mentally strong with a virus victory goal map

STRESS and anxiety can play havoc with our health and wellness.   I know my Slimpod programme – and specifically the Chillpod – is really helping people at the moment.  But I’m always keen to go that extra mile to help people. So I asked my friend, the creator of the excellent Goalmapping system Brian Mayne, […]

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Slimpod helps first sugar-free hospital to win coveted NHS award

THE annual NHS Sustainability Awards are highly prized and that’s why I’m delighted and proud that one hospital I’ve been working with for the past three years has been awarded first place in the food category and was shortlisted for a second recognising staff engagement. The judges said Tameside Hospital’s innovative approach to meals and menus and its

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Jenni Murray and the stigma of obesity – her frank, inspiring story

AS part of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity I’m really pushing for people’s psychological relationship with food to be far higher up the NHS agenda. Too many health professionals fail to understand the role emotional eating plays in so many lives. So it was fascinating to meet the journalist and broadcaster Dame Jenni Murray at

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