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  • The average woman in the UK spends 31 years of her life on a diet and six months of each year counting calories; whilst men spend 28 years of their life slimming. Over a tenth of the UK population is currently dieting and the average diet duration is 5 1/2 weeks with 50% of slimmers Read more

  •   Gain a new body shape. Why weight any longer? By 2050 nine out of ten people are expected to be overweight or obese. (YouGov study on behalf of the British Society of Gastroenterology 23.11.09). Diets such as Atkins have proliferated – as have weight reduction services such as Weight Watchers and Lighter Life – and yet Read more