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Guides

  • BMI vs waist-to-height: which actually matters?

    BMI is a quick population screen but it cannot tell muscle from fat or say where you carry it. Waist-to-height ratio, the measure the NHS now prefers, captures the central fat that drives health risk. Here is when to use each.

  • Fitness guides: calories, BMI, race times and protein

    Plain-English UK fitness guides that explain the numbers and link to the calculator behind each one: how many calories to lose weight, BMI vs waist-to-height, predicting your race time, and how much protein you really need.

  • How many calories should I eat to lose weight?

    Work out an honest calorie target to lose weight: estimate your TDEE, subtract a modest deficit of around 500 calories a day for about half a kilo a week, and adjust from there. With the Mifflin-St Jeor maths and UK guidance.

  • How much protein do you really need?

    The UK reference intake is 0.75 g of protein per kilogram of body weight a day, enough to avoid deficiency. Active people, older adults and anyone in a calorie deficit usually do better nearer 1.2 to 2.0 g per kg. Here is how to set a sensible target.

  • How to predict your race time

    Use one recent race result to estimate your 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon times with the Riegel formula. How it works, why longer distances are best-case estimates, and how to use the prediction sensibly.

UK fitness data

  • UK fitness, activity and body statistics 2026

    Headline UK statistics on physical activity, overweight and obesity, calorie intake and running, each cited to its primary source: the NHS Health Survey for England, Sport England Active Lives, the NDNS, parkrun and the London Marathon.

How you compare

  • How you compare to the UK: fitness, activity and body data

    See how your activity, calorie intake and body stats compare to the UK population, using the NHS Health Survey for England, Sport England Active Lives and the National Diet and Nutrition Survey.

  • UK fitness and body benchmarks: real figures with sources

    The real UK population figures for physical activity, overweight and obesity and diet, each with its sex or age breakdown, period, named primary source and access date. Drawn from the NHS Health Survey for England, Sport England Active Lives and the National Diet and Nutrition Survey.

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