CHRISTMAS revellers can end up gaining up to four-and-a-half pounds in weight over the four-week festive period — the equivalent of two bags of sugar, the Nutrition and Health Foundation (NHF) has warned.

MORE THAN a third of secondary schools rely on commercial sponsorship for physical education, sports and computer equipment, a new study found.

Celebrity chef Neven Maguire today urged schools to do more to tackle childhood obesity by cutting the amount of junk food youngsters can get.

The increasing number of deaths by suicide are a tragic illustration of the Government’s failure to invest in a prevention programme, it was claimed today.