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Want to start eating well to improve your health, but not sure what to eat to lose weight or reduce your cholesterol? Our Senior Dietitian shares some simple tips.

Roast dinners make great comfort food, but they aren't always that healthy. Our easy swaps mean they don't have to be bad news for your waistline or cholesterol levels

Wendy Cook was diagnosed with familial hypercholesterolaemia after losing her brothers. She explains how statins have given her a future, while cholesterol tests help her family.

Our work to help diagnose, treat and track familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) through families saves the lives of people who don’t know they need saving.

Researchers that we part-fund have found that being overweight or obese increases a person’s risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) by up to 28% compared to those with a healthy body weight, even if they have healthy blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol levels.

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Saturday 27 June 2026

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Boscombe Pier to Bournemouth Pier

Swim 1.4 miles between Boscombe and Bournemouth Piers in one of Europe's biggest charity open water swimming events.

RESEARCH

Lancaster University | Professor David Middleton

Supervised by Professor David Middleton, a PhD student is investigating how the microscopic composition of high density lipoproteins (HDLs) contributes towards atherosclerosis, a condition where the arteries become furred up by fatty plaque...

Find out if porridge is good for weight loss, cholesterol and diabetes, with answers from British Heart Foundation Senior Dietician Tracy Parker

RESEARCH

University of Reading | Professor David S Leake

Dr David Leake and his colleagues at the University of Reading are finding out if an antioxidant drug called cysteamine could treat atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis develops when arteries become furred up with cholesterol, and it can ca...