Angry medical professionals have hit out at the manufacturers of a new diet patch.

The National Obesity Forum, which lists doctors, nurses and dieticians among its members, have branded the marketing strategy for The Pink Patch ‘dangerous’.

Now, if you have not seen the new adverts, I’ll be surprised. They seem to be all over the internet at the moment.

Where would we be without J-Lo?

Not happy with making us look good out on the town, the Hollywood diva now wants you to look good in the gym.

Now, of course, the ‘actress’ can do very little about the red face and the unsightly sweat patches.

She’s not a miracle worker, after all. But Jennifer Lopez is about to launch her range of exercise clothes in the hope of turning treadmills into catwalks. Just remember to sashay and pout while exercising.

The average woman spends a decade of her life on a diet.

According to a poll conducted by natural weightloss supplement manufacturers LIPObind, ladies will go on 104 diets between the ages of 18 and 70 – that’s two a year!

As the average length of a diet is around five weeks, that works out to be around 10 years. Ten years?! Now that’s a long time to deny yourself what you really want to eat.

Healthy eating can come from the strangest of sources.

Sure, we all know if you eat plenty of fruit and vegetables and cut down on sugary snacks you are on the right track.

But there are foods we just don’t associate with healthy eating. Or, at least, we just didn’t even think about them in the first place.

Beautiful Bond Girl Halle Berry has been stepping out in the US this week, complete with a post-baby body that most of us would give our right arms for.

Berry’s tot, the imaginatively-titled Nahla Ariela Aubry, was born just over a month ago, and Halle is already looking in tip-top condition. Apparently Nahla means ‘honey bee’ in Arabic - and we bet Ms Berry’s husband is buzzing over his wife’s toned, curvy figure.

Some things just don’t do what they say on the tin.

We’ve all done it. As anyone who’s had a bad relationship would testify (and that’s most of us), some things you think are good for you, are actually doing exactly the opposite.

It’s the same with our relationship with food. They may look like they are good for you - even have a healthy-sounding name – but in reality they are doing us all kinds of damage.

We would just about all love to lose a bit of weight.

After all, it makes you feel more confident and it’s generally good for your health. But for employees at one particular company in America, it could also be great for their wallets.

Imagine if your town was designed to help you lose weight.

OK, living somewhere where you are encouraged to ditch the car and walk or cycle everywhere may seem like some people’s worst nightmare.

Disappointed Kelly Osbourne has admitted being slim is not all it’s cracked up to be.

The Chicago singer shed two stone recently, but has been less than impressed by the reaction.

Speaking to Heat magazine, she said: “I don’t like the way that suddenly now everyone likes me because I’ve lost two stone.

Sick of spending hours at the gym with nothing to show for it?

Are you wondering whether it’s all been worth the countless hours spent on the treadmill when the only pounds you seem to be shedding are from your bank balance?

Trying to lose weight can be a real pain. Cutting down on the things you like to eat, like chocolate or chips, is never easy.

But to make matters worse, some foods you think will help you shed the pounds could actually be doing exactly the opposite.