Return To Form: #MVFNewsround 19/4

It’ll come as no surprise to anyone that health habits among Brits have slipped during the past year. Smoothie purveyors innocent have found that a third of people they quizzed have put on weight during lockdown, half do no vigorous exercise at all and a third of people say that some weeks they spend more on takeaways than their main weekly food shop (rising to 60% for those under 35). 

Yikes. Our take on this is…well, whatever you needed to do to get through the year is fine and if any of the above describes you, don’t dwell on it. Make some small, positive steps towards building up those healthy habits again and you’ll be grand. If you’re a smoothie lover, you may be interested to know that innocent has launched a range of new, super light smoothies with 30% less sugar, so that’s an easy switch right there.

That old wives tale about eating quickly being bad for you does have some truth in it after all. Researchers from the University of Roehampton have found that adults who eat quickly tend to have a higher BMI than those who take their time. The research also showed that this affects children too. 

The reason behind this is pretty simple – eating quickly tends to mean you’ll eat more and be less satisfied. The study also looked at whether having siblings or not changes our likelihood of eating faster. Read the full study here, and do as your mum says and chew your food properly.