Men want Brad Pitt’s bod, but fancy Jessica Alba

An NHS leaflet which urged kids to exercise during TV ad breaks has been shelved after being branded ‘patronising’ and’ unrealistic’ by angry parents.

Red-faced health chiefs were forced to withdraw the booklet, designed to curb growing child obesity levels in the UK, after several complaints from focus groups.

Don’t be surprised if you see some of the male athletes competing in the Beijing Olympics competing with huge bulges in their shorts.

No, Linford Christie is not back competing for Great Britain. But if he did, he may have trouble seeing the finishing line, never mind beating everyone else to it.

Why? Well, you see, athletes are now using Viagra to boost their on-the-field performances as well as fueling their legendary off-the–field antics.

It’s been just a few months since she gave birth and Jennifer Lopez is back in a bikini and looking amazing.

The famous bottom is looking as toned as pre-pregnancy and check out her twins too. Honk.

The pics were taken in Tenerife where J-Lo and husband, oddly-faced Marc Anthony, were relaxing.

Our fitness expert, Myke Gray, is frequently asked how much water you should really drink to achieve great health and fitness. Here he tells you everything you need to know.

One of the first questions I ask a new client is how much water do you drink each day?

Much has been written on this subject, but I will try to shed some light on how important this nutrient is to our health and well being.

DietPixie’s brilliant new fitness expert, Myke Gray, will be giving you weekly advice on getting the body you want. In his first article, Myke lets you in on a cast iron weight loss weapon.

If weight loss is your primary goal, one of the most important things that you need to do is to find out your metabolic rate.

Women in Britain drink so much they have developed a new type of body shape – appropriately called the wineglass.

That’s according to a leading dietician in the UK, who says the growth of women such as Welsh songbird (or should that be thrush?) Charlotte Church with large upper bodies and thin lower halves is down to a lot of exercise but too much boozing.

But before women in the UK all start to give themselves a pat on the back for inventing something new, let’s just say health and diet experts do not share your enthusiasm.

Gordon Brown hopes to make swimming free for everyone in England before 2012.

Clearly desperate to win some friends, the British Prime Minister today announced stage one of an ambitious plan to get more people involved in sport ahead of the London Olympics, with over-60s the first to benefit from free access to public swimming pools.

It seems that it was Jamie Oliver, rather than the PE teachers, who had the right idea.

Apparently, exercise is not really beneficial for obese children - rather, a healthy diet would be the better plan.

So, should we lock our kids inside at breaktimes? Feed them fruit instead of encouraging them to run around with a football?

A poll of thousands of marathon runners found that the cheesy 80s hit – which is the theme tune to Rocky III – was the hit they most liked to have on their iPods while jogging.

It beat classics like Queen’s Don’t Stop Me Now and Keep on Running by the Spencer Davis Group to the finishing line.

So why did it win? I mean, it’s not as if you can expect small children running alongside you as you climb the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art , is it?