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How to prepare for your first Personal Training session

Nuffield Health’s National Fitness Operations Manager, Ross Harris, offers pointers on how to prepare for your first personal training session.

  • Healthy weight
  • Lifestyle management
  • Gym advice
Updated 04 September 2026

Setting fitness goals | How to set a goal and stick to it

For most of us, setting our fitness goals is the easy part. It’s sticking to them that’s the tricky part. Whether you’re looking to stay on track and hit a new personal best, or you’re struggling to stay motivated with a new weight loss plan, we’ve got some expert tips to keep you on track.

  • Fitness tips
  • Lifestyle management
  • Healthy weight
Updated 04 September 2026

Healthy and delicious ingredients to add to oats

These tasty toppings will turn your humble porridge oats into delicious and nutritious delights. Nutritional Therapist Jessica Andersson provides the inspiration.

  • Healthy recipes
  • Healthy weight
  • Lifestyle management
Updated 04 September 2026

Keeping fit during pregnancy

Fitness Manager Marie Coburn provides a trimester-by-trimester guide to fitness during pregnancy.

  • Fitness tips
  • Women's health advice
  • Lifestyle management
Updated 04 September 2026

What are hot flashes and what can I do about them?

During the menopause, many women experience hot flashes. While their exact cause isn't exactly known, they typically feel like heat is suddenly being pressed against your skin. Hot flashes can vary in intensity and cause confusion, disorientation, and anxiety if you aren’t used to them.

  • Women's health advice
  • Lifestyle management
Updated 04 September 2026

How exercise can support you through the menopause

Adam Byrne, Regional Clinical Fitness Lead, explains why strength training is particularly helpful during the menopause and provides some example exercises and tips for performing them.

  • Fitness tips
  • Women's health advice
  • Lifestyle management
Updated 04 September 2026

How to support your partner through the menopause

The menopause isn’t just a women’s issue. Women and men alike can feel confused and unprepared by this life transition, which for too long has remained a taboo subject masked by myth and metaphor. While some men have a good understanding of the symptoms, others can underestimate what women go through. Understanding this phase is a worthwhile investment for men who value the relationships with the women in their lives.

  • Family and relationships
  • Women's health advice
  • Lifestyle management
Updated 04 September 2026

6 signs your big breasts are a big problem

Large and heavy breasts can be a big problem for some women. Here are six signs you should do something about them.

  • Cosmetic surgery
  • Treatment advice
  • Neck and back
Updated 04 September 2026

Understanding the Menstrual Cycle | More than just your period

Dispelling common myths about menstruation and the female cycle helps us all understand the ‘time of the month’ as part of a bigger picture. Senior physiotherapist Hazel Eatwell gives you a detailed insight into everything you need to know about the menstrual cycle.

  • Women's health advice
  • Lifestyle management
Updated 04 September 2026

The truth about mammograms (from the women who’ve had them)

Breast screening is the most effective way of detecting breast cancer early, yet many women are worried about the process. Here, real women share their tips and experience.

  • Treatment advice
  • Tests and scans
  • Women's health advice
Updated 04 September 2026