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Joanna Page Details Midlife Health Reset After NHS Checks Flagged Excess Weight

The actress casts routine NHS checks as a wake-up call for midlife health.

Overview

  • Joanna Page, whose first-person account was widely republished Monday, said NHS screenings last year showed she was overweight.
  • She changed her eating habits by setting three meals a day and swapping skipped breakfasts and biscuits for a three-egg omelette with ham and cheese.
  • She added light exercise with home weights, daily dog walks, and occasional swims, and she says she dropped a couple of dress sizes in about six months.
  • She said the results made her worry about diabetes, strokes, and heart disease, and being a mother of four pushed her to act.
  • Coverage from Mirror, Daily Record, and Hello links her disclosure to her current Taskmaster role and to a weekly podcast that followed last year’s memoir.