TO GET BRITAIN FIT AGAIN Living like the Italians could stop obesity in our kids Says Green Goddess Diana Moran

healthy people looking out for them. They were full of laughter and kindness.”

While filming the show, Diana even rallied her fellow celebs to join her for morning workouts in a bid to adopt the active lifestyle.

She laughed: “I certainly had to motivate them the first time as we were all quite tired. Then we did it every other day or so. It was all part of life across there. my phone and my PC as much as the next person these days, but with my knowledge of keeping fit I make sure I b break away and do something active. “What I saw in Italy – certainlycerta in the area we were staying in – wa was children, people, everyone moving aro around a lot. Being active.” Diana even reckons that gettinggett outside more could help with the UK’s loneliness epidemic among the elderly. Age UK says that 1.2 millionmil older people are chronically lonely anda that this “The hardest one to get gohas an adverse impact on men mental health, ing was Johnny. He is just full and the challenge will incre increase as our of humour, full of laughter, population ages. full of song, full of himself. Diana said: “In Tuscany thereth wasn’t You have to get his attention that loneliness that you have a lot and that’s quite difficult. of the time with our old people “Once during filming – because everyo everyone was outJohnny and I climbed to the doors and bei being friendly very top of the Duomo (the with one a another. cathedral of Santa Maria del “Yo You’ve got Fiore) in Florence. healthy “We paused on one occahea who peoplehave lw sion because the steps just other went on and on and round and round. I looked at

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Johnny and said, ‘We’re not too bad for two 78-year-olds, are we?’”

Because of her healthy diet and daily fitness regime, the star admits she is “a lot more fit than a number of people my age”.

She said: “When I wake up in the morning I do my monkey stretches, that energises and stretches your whole body. Then I do about 10 minutes attending to the bits and pieces that are pertinent to me - like my tum and bottom and flabby underarms, things like that. “I do a lot of brisk walking, which gets your heart pumping, then at home I garden a lot, which keeps me fit. “I’m not super-fit like I was back in the Eighties. It’s just a question of maintaining it.” When asked whether she attracted male admirers while in Tuscany, Diana – who raked in bags of fan mail in her heyday – coyly said: “I’m a very friendly person and I smile a lot. I had good responses, put it that way. “But I’m not looking for romance in my life at this stage. “I’ve got glorious friends and family. I’m a very contented person.”

A Celebrity Taste of Italy is on Channel 5 on September 29 at 9pm.