In France, children are educated about food from a young age, it forms part of the school curriculum. The simple colourful charts that are now commonplace on food packaging in the UK were in use back at my nursery in the Eighties. We all knew every meal had to feature all colours. Many schools have...
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Covid’s new summer strain and what to do if you catch it
The Euros are in full flow, Wimbledon is coming and we are on the brink of a General Election. We’ve long stopped wearing masks and abiding the rules of staying 2m apart but with summer socialising at full kilter and a summer Covid wave known as the “FLiRT” variant “building”, should we be rethinking our...
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Taking the plunge: The real health risks of swimming in Britain’s rivers
The health risks of swimming in UK rivers “The most dangerous pathogen found in our rivers is E. coli which, if ingested, can cause chronic diarrhoea and vomiting and can, in rare cases, kill you. If you have an injury, you could get sepsis from it,” says Charles Watson, the founder of River Action UK....
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I had a happy family and a good job as a GP – but I decided to kill myself
Amandip Sidhu’s charity has helped more than 3,000 people since it was set up, offering, among other things, weekly drop-in Zoom support groups. ‘We hear time and time again that more and more GPs are working longer hours. They don’t just see patients, there is a huge amount of administration and bureaucracy,’ he says. ‘There...