“Statistically, if you have ever dieted you are extremely likely not only to rega…” — Arabella Weir

I would like it to be a legal requirement for all businesses to be linked to a charity.

Sticking to a diet required me to have a permanently low self-esteem. But happily, I developed other skills beyond a fluctuating weight, eventually building up a different source of self-worth.

In the 20 long, hungry years between my late teens and late 30s I bought in to virtually every new diet and/or exercise regime that hoved into view, particularly at this most vulnerable time for those of us prone to poor body image - a new year.