Over 60 new shows and series have been been packed into RTÉ’s new autumn schedule and all the favourites are there too.

Valentine's Day is just a few days away, but that's not going to stop the contestants of this week's Dancing With The Stars from getting all loved up.

There was salsas, cha-chas, foxtrots, and Viennese waltzes — and at the end of it all, Dancing Dessie is still standing.

Fad diets are no good when it comes to long-term weight loss, writes Ciara McDonnell.

Hailing from Ireland, UK, Ukraine, Estonia and Italy they will been given the enormous task of teaching the celebs their left foot from their right.

A celebrity doctor, two comedians, two actresses, a sports broadcaster, a news reporter, a Big Brother contestant, a model, a boyband member, and a Kerry GAA player will all be putting on their dancing shoes for RTÉ’s Dancing with the Stars.

Irish children will get an average of five Easter eggs this weekend in an annual sugar splurge that will see them eat their way through more than 160 tonnes of chocolate.

In our survey, well-meaning relatives are identified as the biggest offenders when it comes to giving kids Easter eggs. Clodagh Finn looks at the health implications.             

Roz Crowley finds out where to get the best peanut butter.

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

Eva Orsmond’s Sugar Crash documentary on RTÉ woke up hundreds of thousands of people to the dangers of our excessive sugar consumption. But it’s not just our physical health that suffers. It’s also our mood and mental health, says Olivia Kelleher

THERE is nothing sweet about Ireland’s sugar statistics. We are the fourth highest consumer of sugar in the world, according to Euromonitor research. Yes, the world, coming in behind the US, Germany and the Netherlands.

Councils are ignoring planning guidelines that keep fast-food premises away from schools. Just one local authority has written the policy into its development plans.

IRISH governments have been trailblazers in the war against tobacco and the terrible toll it takes on those addicted to smoking. They have, admirably, led the international community in introducing bans that make it ever more difficult to be a smoker.

Wrappers warning the public of how many calories are in the food they are about to eat or featuring images of obesity are shock tactics that should be used to help stop the spiralling Irish obesity problem, a former Operation Transformation doctor says.

If we stuff our children with fast food and cans of soda, do they become ticking timebombs of poor health? Ready to explode at any moment into fully-fledged type two diabetes?

It is with shock, anger and deep dismay I write to you after reading an article featured in your paper regarding Dr Eva Orsmond and her claims to ‘reverse’ type 2 Diabetes (Life/Style, April 30).

Welcome to your Wednesday morning briefing. Let us ensure you’re up to speed on what’s happening and are prepared for the day ahead.

Dr Eva Orsmond has never been afraid to speak her mind — and now she’s turned her attention to type 2 diabetes, writes Áilín Quinlan.

As Debenhams brings its size 16 mannequins to Ireland, the UK's chief medical officer has criticised the move, saying it makes obesity acceptable. But when the average woman is now a size 16, isn't it about time the fashion industry catered to the reality rather than the ideal?

Your daily, spoiler-free guide to what to look out for on the box.

Dr Ciara Kelly has taken Dr Eva Orsmond’s role as nutrition expert on Operation Transformation. She is not new to TV.

The show that helps people lose excess weight has now lost its no-nonsense doctor.

Regular weighing could tip the scales in favour of a campaign to fight obesity.

DR Eva Orsmond is in fast-forward mode, racing between her weight-loss clinic, TV show commitments, and family home.

Operation Transformation's Dr Eva Orsmond has apologised to team leader Charlotte O'Connell after her heated comments on last week's show.

The doctor who reduced a dieter to tears on Operation Transformation has promised that she will apologise to the contestant on the show tonight.

Killian at 19.5 stone before participating in Operation Transformation last year.

Five go into rehab…

Helen O’Callaghan gets the skinny from experts on the latest blockbuster diet which promises results in six weeks flat.

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CARRICK-ON-SUIR ICA Guild in South Tipperary won the Betty Manning National Award last year.

FIZZY drinks are piling on the pounds on teenagers, with one can a day adding one stone to their weight after a year, research shows.

PARENTS must stop making excuses for their obese children and get help, a doctor has urged.

FOR Maeve Dempsey the worst thing about being obese was the name-calling.