Some useful facts from Women’s Health (April issue):

• Increasing your water consumption by one liter a day for a year can result in five pounds of weight loss.
• Obese people are more likely to develop age-related macular degeneration – AMD, a disease that destroys part of the eye responsible for seeing detail.
• Eating red meat increases the risk of malignant tumors.
• How much more likely you are to be overweight if you eat quickly and until you feel full: 3 x