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Derry City and Strabane District Council’s fitness coaches Sean Hargan, Rosie O'Brien and Ron McGowan launching the ‘Let’s Get Moving, Let’s Get Started’ initiative at the Foyle Arena. Picture: Tom Heaney, NW Presspics

Take the first steps to a healthier life with council’s new fitness initiative

Wegovy is now available on the NHS

Weight-loss injection Wegovy now available on the NHS

The Farm Families Health Checks team from the Northern Health and Social Care Trust, along with its partners, enjoyed a successful time at Balmoral Show, sharing important health advice.

Successful Balmoral Show for Farm Families Health Checks team

A person with suspected stroke may have sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes (Photo: Adobe)

Irregular evening meal times could increase stroke risk, study warns

Your waist size should be less than half your height to keep health problems at bay (Photo: Adobe)

NHS says keep waist size to less than half your height to be healthy

People considered obese are more likely to catch Covid, according to a study (Getty Images)

People with higher BMI 'more likely to test positive for Covid'

More than half of adults have no idea what affects their life insurance premiums

This is how to find out your 'Covid-age' - and what it means

George Haslett, who passed his driving test after having to relearn to drive, as well as how to speak, walk and eat again following a farming accident.

Back behind the wheel after farming accident

A report has suggested that men with beer bellies have a higher chance o dying if they are diagnosed with prostate cancer (Getty Images)

Men with beer bellies more likely to die from prostate cancer suggests study - h...

Girls are starting puberty almost a year earlier than in the 1970s - here's why

Sleeping in front of the TV could be making you fat - here’s why

Most of the factors that lead to obesity, can be identified before a child is even born (Photo: Shutterstock)

These tests will show whether your child will be fat by the age of 10

How commuting every day negatively affects your health and wellbeing

Watching too much TV could lead to higher risk of heart disease and cancer

Boys 'less fit than they were 20 years ago - regardless of their weight' By The Newsroom

Crew from St John Ambulance are pictured with team members from Moy Parks Craigavon site during a course on first aid at work.

Wellbeing top of the agenda

'Too much telly at age two makes for unhealthy teenagers'

Eating more slowly 'may be the best way to lose weight'

Body fat 'triggers breast cancer in normal weight women'