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HEALTHY LIVING

Keeping fit at the gym

Help keep yourself healthy with a balanced diet and regular exercise.

Jessie McMaster talks about how poor health was her motivation to eat better and take more exercise. She now feels 10 years younger and is much more active.

Cafe Owner Ken Dunsmore talks about a healthier way to cook a fry-up breakfast and how his healthy fruit kebabs are a huge success.

Community Food Worker Susan Glover talks about how it's not expensive to have a better diet and offers some tips for heathly eating.  
 
Househusband, Colin Thomson talks about why he thinks it is important that his 4 children are physically active.

Janet Murray talks about how she learned to re-cook after her husband had a triple bypass operation. They both now follow healthy eating plans.

Janet Murray also talks about keeping physically active in her 60's and being part of a walking group in Midlothian.

Dietician, Lorna Wyllie talks about the benefits of having a balanced diet.

Fitness Instructor, Valerie Duguid talks about her work in the community and the physical and mental benefits of exercising.



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Sam Ramsay

Sam Ramsay

   
  "I started a slimming class and lost nearly four stone in weight"
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Carole Smith

Carole Smith

   
 

"We got our girls involved in choosing menus, we experiment with menus and they decide whether they like it."

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Shona Beattie

Shona Beattie

   
  "The benefits of healthy eating and healthy living for Katie and I are we have so much more energy"
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Mark Reilly

Mark Reilly

   
 

"There's both the eating and the physical aspects of trying to keep healthy"

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Andy Gallacher

Andy Gallacher

   
 

"If you start young, planting a little seed to say the outdoors is good, there's so much to see and do"

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John Catchpole

John Catchpole

   
  "You've got to make it inviting for the kids to eat, you've got to make them want to eat it"
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Jessie McMaster

Jessie McMaster

   
 

"I have more energy, more stamina and I now feel 10 years younger"

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Ken Dunsmore

Ken Dunsmore

   
  "We serve a fruit kebab - basically bits of fruit on a stick."
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Susan Glover

Susan Glover

   
 

"We encourage people to eat a lot more fruit and veg, and a lot more starchy carbohydrates, like bread, potatoes, rice"

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Colin Thomson

Colin Thomson

   
 

"I don't want my kids to be obese, I don't want them to be lazy. I want them to live a healthier lifestyle."

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Janet Murray 1

Janet Murray

   
  "Because my husband was an ex-miner, our generation was taught to feed them up really"
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Janet Murray 2

Janet Murray

   
  "We got involved with a walking group, which we went to classes for, to get a certificate as a walk leader"
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Lorna Wyllie

Lorna Wyllie

   
  "It doesn't matter if you eat chocolate as long as you have it within a balanced diet, and try to take some exercise too"
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Valerie Duguid

Valerie Duguid

   
  "The class not only addresses their physical health, but their mental and emotional health"
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Lynn Young

Lynn Young Healthy Living Children

   
 

"My role is an active schools coordinator for primaries in the Scottish Borders."

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Morag Johnson

Morag Johnson Healthy Living

   
 

"We reckon if children have these healthy habits when they're children they are more likely to grow into healthy adults."

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Tom Hunter

Tom Hunter Healthy Living Children

   
 

"My son, he's ten, and races almost every weekend now, but also cycles for pleasure."

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Claire Curry

Claire Curry

   
 

"Obesity is a major problem in Scottish primary schools. It's a rising statistic"

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Sarah Hughes

Sarah Hughes

   
 

"We try to explain everything's good for you as long as it's balanced"

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Louisa Graham

Louisa Graham

   
 

"I think it's important to get the parents involved, get the babies off to a healthy start"

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Judy Adams

Judy Adams Healthy Living

   
 

"I think it's important to get the parents involved, get the babies off to a healthy start"

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Tom Walker

Tom Walker

   
 

"I, myself, tend to play badminton, table tennis - very active things."

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Rena Mulholland

Rena Mulholland

   
 

"I do some keep fit and yoga, which is quite a good balance ..."

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Grant Hume

Grant Hume

   
 

"The distance is dependent on how fast or slow your slowest walker is"

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Danny McHugh

Danny McHugh

   
 

"Health-wise, fantastic; friendship-wise, even better"

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Marjie Dick

Marjie Dick

   
 

"I walk everywhere, I even walk down the town just for a loaf of bread"

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Marjie Dick2

Marjie Dick

   
 

"I thought it's the first time I've felt really good for a while, even though the bones were aching"

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Kathryn Sinclair

Kathryn Sinclair

   
 

"It's a very simple form of exercise, a very simple form of transport and I would encourage people just to go out and try it."

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Elaine Sheerin

Elaine Sheerin

   
 

"Walking is suitable for anyone - you don't need expensive clothing, just sensible shoes."

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