95% of people who go on a diet
put the weight back on again when it’s finished

Dieting promotes obsessive behaviour encouraging new behaviours which are not always healthy and often impossible to sustain

Almost 60% of women and 66% of men are either overweight or obese (Scottish Health Survey, November 2005)

Premature deaths are more common in Scotland than anywhere else in the UK. Key risk factors include: poor diet, obesity and lack of exercise (The Harvard University Study published in The Lancet, 2005)