Do your health kicks always fail?

Experts break down the triggers that ruin get-fit regimes - and their step-by-step guide to achieving your goals

A study has found the average adult starts a new health kick every 3 months, but more than half give up within hours, and 60% say they never follow through. Here, nutritionist Rob Hobson and psychologist Dr Meg Arroll, of Healthspan, explain the classic triggers and how to overcome them to stay healthy.

The average health kick lasts less than 12 days, a study has found. 

Despite starting with good intentions of eating healthier food, exercising more often and cutting back on alcohol and smoking, the average adult will be back to their usual ways before two weeks has passed.

And more than half admit they have embarked on a health kick but given up within 24 hours.
But people's yo-yo health habit pattern is repeated four times a year, with the average adult trying a new regime every three months.

That amounts to the equivalent of eight years of a lifetime spent trying to stick with 252 different health kicks.

Feeling tired is the most common reason for quitting a health kick, followed by a stressful day at work and chocolate is the ultimate food we all fall off the wagon for. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4888656/Experts-break-triggers-ruin-fit-regimes.html

The FIVE simple steps to help YOU beat bowel cancer

• Healthy lifestyle could prevent a fifth of cases in men and a tenth in women 
• People should avoid smoking, drink alcohol moderately and eat healthily
• Should also keep slim - banishing belly fat - and take regular exercise
• Risk lowered for each 'good behaviour' adopted, with more impact on men
• Around 16,000 people will die from bowel cancer in the UK each year 

Five healthy lifestyle traits can protect against bowel cancer, according to new research.

A fifth of cases in men and over a tenth in women could be prevented if they kept slim, banished the stomach bulge and exercised more, a study found.

People should also avoid smoking, drink alcohol moderately and switch to a diet packed with fibres, fruits, vegetables, fish, yoghurt, nuts and seeds with little red and processed meats.

The risk is lowered for each 'good' behaviour trait adopted, and the impact is stronger in men than women. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2787751/The-FIVE-simple-steps-help-YOU-beat-bowel-cancer-Lifestyle-makeover-ward-disease-kills-thousands-year.html