Recipes to help you lose weight and live longer, comforting soups, plus foodie travel tips

This week, we’re talking about obesity and how eating wholegrains can promote a longer life, cooking up wholesome soups and eating our way around the world with help from our travel guides.

This week we’re talking about… Healthy weight According to the National Obesity Forum, one in four UK adults are now considered to be obese, so this week we’re looking at healthy eating and balanced diets. Use our guide to check you're a healthy weight and, if you're thinking of following a popular weight loss plan, make sure you have all the facts on diets from 5:2 to paleo. Ensure this is your healthiest year yet by reading our easy health resolutions andtrend predictions for 2015  – then visit our health hub for recipes and tips on everything from special diets and healthy snacks to nutritious cooking and fitness fodder. Browse our healthy recipe collections…   Cheap & healthy recipes Healthy winter recipes 7-a-day recipes All our healthy recipe collections FREE Healthy Diet Plans We’ve created two exclusive, FREE diet plans that will kick-start healthy eating habits and rebalance your body. Sign up today…  Sign up to the three-day Clean & Lean PlanSign up to the three-day Cheap & Healthy PlanMore healthy recipes & nutrition tips Soup it up  Nourishing, wholesome soup is ideal January fodder, and thankfully we’re not short of recipe inspiration… Our top soup recipesHealthy soup recipesVegetarian soup recipes Whizz kids Nutritious meals will help keep kids going all day long, and if you're finding healthy recipes a tough sell, try a new approach to family favourites… Healthy food kids will loveMore healthy kids recipes Visit our family & kids section This week we’re eating… Porridge According to a recent Harvard University study, eating wholegrains such as oats may be the key to living longer and reducing the risk of heart disease. Read up on the health benefits of the humble oat and theperfect technique for making the ultimate, creamy porridge – after all, there are few better ways to start a winter morning. Promotions & offers Subscribe to BBC Good Food Subscribe to BBC Good Food magazine this month and receive a copy of James Martin’s Home Comforts cookbook, worth £20. Subscribe now Reader offer: Pact Coffee Get 250g of hand-roasted Pact coffee delivered by post for just £1 with free P&P.  Order now Most read travel guides this week… 1. Top 10 foods to try in Mexico 2. Top 10 foods to try in Brazil 3. Top 10 foods to try in Greece 4. Top 10 foods to try in Argentina 5. Top 10 foods to try in Japan