When I meet people now for the first time they have no idea that I am a diabetic who has become tablet free and lost a load of weight. Last week – on Thursday 1 March – the school where I work, closed for the day due to heavy snow. So as normal I planned to make…

The DiRECT trial was funded by Diabetes UK to study the effects of a structured weight management programme on long-term Type 2 diabetes remission. It involved people with Type 2 diabetes and was tested across 49 GP practices in Scotland and Tyneside. Half of the participants received the new treatment, while the other half received…

Tweet Hello and happy New Year! It’s that time of year when people are into that second week of trying to make New Year’s resolutions stick.  I always think the second week is the hardest.  You have motivation for the first week, but the second requires effort and determination.  But after that, you’ve got momentum. …