Healthy parents

BOB have teamed up with fitness expert, Laura Williams, to create a realistic 30-day fitness challenge for busy parents, designed to help you burn calories and tone up simply by doing everyday tasks around the home and many of the calorie-burning ideas are suitable for everyone – not just buggy-pushers.

TV and theatre actress Roxy Shahidi (known to many for her role in Emmerdale) has been passionate about yoga for some 12 years and shares this on the DVD Roxy’s Yoga Conditioning Total Body Workout. Anne Coates is definitely impressed.

Worried all those hours of television watching are damaging your eyes? Think that the link between eating carrots and good eyesight is just a myth? Or perhaps you’re never quite sure if reading in dim light is actually bad for your eyesight. Here, The College of Optometrists reveals the truth behind some of the most common eye care myths.

Whatever the weather, Shiva Rea brings sunshine into your home as you exercise with her DVD Shiva Rea Yoga in Greece, as Julia Bairstow discovers.

Hope's Relief is a range a skincare products specially formulated for senstitive skins and those prone to eczema and psoriosis. Hope's Relief Goats Milk Body Wash is made with natural ingredients which are safe to use on even baby's skin. Anne Coates put it to the test.

Nelsons® Arnicare® bath & massage balm can be used as a batth additive or applied to slightly damp skin after a shower. Anne Coates enjoyed using it both ways.

Nutritionist Juliette Reeves lists of the foods she recommends we all to consume to age-proof the face. In part two she advises us to eat more avocados, salmon, endame beans, chocolate and green tea.

Nutritionist Juliette Reeves lists of the foods she recommends we all consume to age-proof the face. In part one she talks about the first five: berries, sweet potato, beetroot tops, walnuts and flax seeds.

The percentage of the UK population which is overweight or obese is far too high. We all need to take responsibility for our weight and for that of our families. Salter have a new Health Idicator Boday Analyser Scale which can be used by up to 12 members of the family. Anne Coates tried it out.

A new CASH (Consensus Action on Salt and Health) research published today which reveals completely unnecessary levels of salt found in fats and spreads. Some of the findings may surprise you.

The sun is finally here but although we need the valuable vitamin D we must also rpotect our skin from UVA and UVB rays. Anne Coates and family try out two new products from Green People.

If you've read about the benefits of yoga but feel hesitant to join a class, Anne Coates recommends Gaiam's Beginning Yoga with Chrissy Carter.

Testicular cancer is the most common cancer for men aged 15 to 49 in the UK. However, for the vast majority of men - around 95 per cent - testicular cancer is curable, and this rate is even higher when the cancer has been caught early. With this in mind, it is important that men to regularly check their testicles, so they can establish what's normal for them, therefore making it easier to spot changes as Dr Simon Chowdhury of London Bridge Hospital explains.

Get fit with your buggy – Laura Williams gives some great exercise tips for women whose babies are nine months plus. No excuses, take time out in the park and watch the video as well. The BOB buggy from Britax makes the ideal workout accessory.

National Smile Month is run and organised by the British Dental Health Foundation, an independent charity dedicated to improving oral health by providing free and impartial dental advice. There's never been a better time to sort out dental issues and smile.

If the prospect of holidays has made you think of exercising into your summer clothes, fitness fx has a range of DVDs to get your body moving and kick start your fitness training. We took a look at blast fx.

The British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) currently runs a national campaign around skin cancer called Sun Awareness, which includes national Sun Awareness Week in May. Here we publish their rules for checking any moles you have – important in the early detection of skin cancer.

Anne Coates talks to Burnout Expert, Jayne Morris about how to cope with tiredness as a busy working parent. You can access the podcast here.