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It's tough enough ensuring your children learn about proper nutrition and exercise, without other less well intentioned parents undermining your healthy eating objectives.

Whilst shops and vending machines display sugar, fat and salt laden snacks the one place you would hope to see healthier snacks is on the sports field. With the idealistic view of this arena being populated with fruit, yogurts and pure fruit juices, why is it that just the opposite is making many parents grind their teeth in frustration as their child downs another Krispy Kreme doughnut, or chocolate brownie.

Sunday will mark the advent of yet another London marathon. Potentially 46,000 runners, both serious and fun, will line up to start the gruelling 26 (and a bit) miles. Months of training will have been finely honed to culminate in the event of the year for many runners.

...not just the smoker. My earliest recollection of smoking becoming a lifestyle issue is at the age of 11. Up until that point I'd just put up with my mother and father smoking at least 20 a day each, in the house, car, garden, my bedroom, in fact everywhere.