Every year we eagerly make New Year's resolutions to get fitter, eat better and run faster. All too often though, by the end of January those well-intentioned targets have been pushed aside in favour of familiar bad habits.Failing to stick at New Year's resolutions is by no means...

heavy periods and if their diet fails to provide sufficient iron. This can be caused by not eating enough iron rich foods and by consuming foods which inhibit iron absorption (tea and coffee are major culprits).Men are at a very low risk of iron

you should eat, how much and why portion control is key.CarbohydratesIn crash-diets carbohydrates are usually the first food group to get the chop but for runners they play an essential part in fuelling training.  "Carbohydrates are the most important

altogether - and kept it off - using a combination of running and a healthy diet.Sticking to a weight loss goal isn't easy but with perseverance you can succeed. Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire in a year's study of 3,000 people who set

to five sessions.As a teenager is it hard to eat healthier when your friends don't have to and to make training the priority?Well, my diet hasn't changed too much.  I'm still on the crisps and chocolate at the moment but that's another thing that will have

have switched to a healthier diet, it doesn't mean your work colleagues, friends or family have as well. When cakes get brought into the office every Friday or if your children insist on eating crisps, then temptation will strike from time to time