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hilly days, the lure of the sofa and tucking into comfort food… winter can feel like a perfect time to hunker down and enjoy home comforts but, unfortunately, it’s not always great for our waistlines or our physical wellbeing.

Keeping fit and healthy during the darker months after the challenge of two nationwide lockdowns might not be top of our to-do lists right now. But if we just eat well, get outside, keep our bodies strong and our weight under control, it can make a huge difference to how our body copes if we fall ill during these testing times.