Sally Sedgley

Warning, Link Found Between Obesity and Depression

Dutch researchers led by Dr. Floriana S. Luppino, of Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands have found that there is a strong link between obesity and depression. They found that obesity increases the risk of depression in initially non-depress... Read >

Don’t Believe Everything You Read

Obesity and being over weight is a bigger problem than ever in western societies and more and more people are asking why they are overweight and what they can do to combat the problem. There is nothing more frustrating than watching your mid-section incre... Read >

The Odd Drink Can Help You to Lose Weight

There is plenty of good news around this week for women who enjoy the odd tipple but are conscious of how it may affect their weight. Latest studies suggest that normal-weight women who drink a light to moderate amount of alcohol appear to gain less weigh... Read >

The key to a healthy lifestyle: Eat a balanced diet and stay active

Obesity is becoming more and more of a problem in western societies with catastrophic implications for those suffering from the disease. Obesity has the potential to wreck lives. It is one of the main causes of T2 Diabetes and increases the chances of inh... Read >

An Easy Guide to Losing Weight Quickly and Naturally

Have you ever noticed that animals don't have problems with being overweight? I'm not talking about pets kept by humans, I'm talking about wild animals living in their natural habitat. Have you also noticed whenever you see television programmes, which sh... Read >

How to stop compulsive eating

Compulsive eating may not sound like a big problem but for many people it has the potential to wreck their lives. A lot of people know what they should eat each day in order to live a healthy lifestyle but they simply fail to eat a balanced diet because ... Read >

Back to basics for easy weight loss

Well here we are again, another new year and the weight loss industry is still offering all types of miracle cures for people who are overweight. This industry really makes me angry, and not just because it cons people out of their hard earned cash by sel... Read >

Crash diets 'may reduce lifespan'

Yes it's that time of year again when many people are considering going on a crash diet to help them to lose all the excess pounds they have put on over Christmas and the New Year. If you are one of these people, I recommend that you read this article rig... Read >

The Natural Way to Speed up Metabolism

There is a lot of nonsense written about metabolism and most of it comes from the weight loss industry who constantly try to sell us drugs and other supplements which claim to burn body fat by speeding up the metabolic rate. In reality of course these pro... Read >

Why yo-yo dieting increases your weight

Yo-yo dieting is the term used to describe the on-off dieting pattern that some people get trapped in eternally. They continue to go on diets for a short spell and lose some weight but then when they stop dieting and return to their normal eating pattern,... Read >

Beware the weight loss industry this new year

Well it's that time of year again, the time when all the fat cats in the weight loss industry start to rub their hands, knowing that there are millions of people out there who will have over indulged at Christmas and are now searching for the latest quick... Read >

Is going on a diet one of your New Year’s Resolutions?

Are you one of the thousands of people who have been overeating this Christmas? Have you promised yourself that one of your new year's resolutions is to go on a diet and sort out that weight problem once and for all? If you are then I would urge you to... Read >

How the recession can help you lose weight

The other day I bumped into an old friend who I haven't seen in quite a while and we decided to go for a coffee together. I noticed that she had lost quite a bit of weight and looked fantastic. In fact, I don't think I can ever recall her looking as well ... Read >

Why Willpower Will Not Help You To Lose Weight

How many times have you been told that losing weight is easy and it's simply a matter of willpower? There are many diet plans available today that involve starving the body in order to lose weight. In nearly every case we are told that all we need is will... Read >

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat but so will you if you over -indulge this Yuletide

So come on own up! How many times have you, like me, stuffed yourself silly with all the wrong foods at Christmas? How many times have you told yourself not to worry about it and that you'll deal with the problem in the new year? And how many times have y... Read >