At the time of writing, the real glorious game is drawing to a close. We've laughed, we've cried, we've lusted... (well, Boris has anyway). And so the legacy talk commences. No doubt many health conscious, five-a-day-munching health and fitness pros will now be advising our obese population to take a...

"Diets don't work!" scream a lot of PTs and nutritionists nowadays. And more often than not, they then go on to prescribe nutritional advice that can only be described as a diet. And then some. Real food it may be but try telling the average Joe that hot buttered toast...

We're now well into the calorie finale of the year and although the next few weeks are traditionally about treating yourself like a willing foie gras goose, before you throw calorie caution to the wind, maybe consider a damage limitation plan. Before you let your hair down (and inevitably your...

I'm not sure about the fat tax. My concern is that it would hit those who can least afford it the hardest. Plus ca change... In Denmark, some of the things they've stung with the tax include butter, crisps and mince. Butter...I dunno...I mean, does anyone really eat enough of...

As we say cheerio to a summer of festival fun and poolside pigging out, it's possible that you're glancing down at the buttons popping on your cardie Tom Kitten-style and contemplating lipo - or illegally sourced amphetamine-based slimming pills at the very least. And who wouldn't after witnessing those androgynous...

I've just returned home from a pleasant shopping trip to Canary Wharf. I was struck not by the many tall shiny buildings or the sheer number of movers and shakers per square foot, but by the amount of beautiful, immaculately groomed, obviously successful women in the changing rooms looking highly...

A features editor called me the other day: "Laura, can you just give me a tasty sound bite about why calorie counting doesn't work?"

I paused momentarily with this horrible quandary: to turn down a mention in a major glossy in a tough economic climate vs. doing a U-turn on...