Get motivated

WE all have great intentions regarding losing weight. But imagine the sculpted bodies we would achieve if we had the motivation to get off the sofa, put away the biscuits, and jump on the treadmill.

Swiss scientists say a new hormone therapy could encourage us to put on trainers and spring into action.

Researchers from the University of Zurich have found that when the hormone erythropoietin (Epo) was elevated in laboratory mice, they were motivated to run faster without their red-blood-cell counts being increased.