I need to start looking after my health. I have been told by the doctors that I am pre-diabetic. My blood sugar level is at 42. If it reaches 48 I will become diabetic and then I will be in trouble! Pricking my finger to test my blood sugar levels every day for the rest of my life is something I seriously want to avoid.

On the positive side I think it is great that the NHS has a Diabetes Prevention Programme that supports pre-diabetic people for nine whole months. It is about time that a greater effort is being made to...