As well as feeling better about yourself, keeping your weight within the healthy range significantly reduces your risk of certain medical problems.

This booklet is designed to assist you in making healthy choices while you are food shopping, but before you start shopping it’s a good idea to know you are up to date on the basics of living a heart healthy diet and lifestyle.

Although you need to watch the overall amount of fat in your diet (about 15%-30% of your daily calories should come from fat), the type of fats you choose also has an important impact on your health.

Physical activity is a general term, used to describe everyday activities like walking, housework, gardening, washing the car or climbing the stairs as well as more structured 'exercise' like going to the gym, aerobic classes, dancing, swimming, cycling and playing sport.

Omega 3 is an essential nutrient which helps to look after your heart and is important for the health of every cell in your body.

Stress is part of everyday life - never more so than in today’s society. It is not just about anxiety and panic. It is the everyday experience of strain, time pressure, and trying to cope with the demands placed upon us - at work and at home.