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Health experts are promoting intuitive eating, an approach that encourages people to eat according to hunger and fullness cues rather than following restrictive diets. The Medical University of South Carolina is among the institutions explaining the method, summed up as 'listen to your body'. Supporters say it can improve people's relationship with food, while interest in alternatives to dieting continues to grow.

Landsec, one of the UK's largest property firms, has agreed to buy the Metrocentre shopping centre in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, for £516 million. The deal, reported by the Standard, also involves Bluewater in Kent and is linked to the assets of the former Intu group. The purchase signals Landsec's renewed appetite for major retail destinations.