THE GOOD NEWS

Make the effort to practise deep breathing, yoga or meditation. “As bad as stress is for your weight, getting a grip of it is proven to aid weight loss,” says

Dr Lee. “In a study of 45 obese people, half were enrolled on an eight-week stress management course, while the others carried on as usual. The stress management group lost significantly more weight than the control group – an average of 3.1 kg.”