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Do you struggle for weeks to lose a few pounds, only to have the weight pile back on again once your diet ends? System 10, a new approach to weight loss, offers permanent results by speeding up the rate at which your body burns fat.

No one who wants to feel comfortable and look good in Levi’s likes having a flabby middle. But there’s another, more urgent reason to be wary of abdominal fat: While it may seem to just be sitting there, dumb as a doughnut, around your waist, belly fat is actually very active, releasing more than 30 substances into the blood stream.

An increasing number of people are turning to hypnosis to help them overcome destructive habits and a wide range of other emotional and dysfunctional problems.

Have you heard of Castle Leisure Club's very successful six week weight loss management course? Since its debut in September 2008, Operation Alteration has boasted great success with some inspiring results from several participants.

There are plenty of statistics available that prove child obesity in Ireland has reached epidemic levels. Current figures show that 300,000 children are overweight or obese in Ireland with the number set to grow by 10,000 every year. The Growing up in Ireland 2009 study found one in four nine-year-olds are overweight or obese. Obesity is preventable; the focus now needs to be on prevention and early intervention.

Three out of four local women consider themselves to be overweight, according to a survey conducted by a Galway based company.

Ireland has one of the highest rates of childhood obesity in the world. According to The European Childhood Obesity Group one in every four children in Ireland aged between five and 12 years is overweight or obese.

Up to 99.9 per cent of people who are overweight eat too quickly. That is the opinion of local author, therapist and trainer Diarmuid Lavelle whose new book The Sensual Slimmer has just hit the bookshelves.

Are you struggling with shifting those extra pounds that have crept on? Are you lacking in motivation to do something about it because of previous attempts (and failures) with diets? Well, if the answer is yes then hypnosis is the solution.

Free fruit and vegetables are likely to be provided to schools throughout the country from next year, according to Mairead McGuinness, Ireland East MEP.