Yvonne Connolly and her daughter Ali have been working with Dove to promote their new Self-Esteem Project, which aims to provide tools to help young girls grow up enjoying a positive relationship with how they look. In recent research, the brand found that 87% of the 10 to 17-year-olds they surveyed didn’t have high body esteem.

Yvonne herself has recently suffered a dreadful freak accident when she fell from her horse and completely shattered her face and broke her arm in two places.  Yvonne said that having her accident taught her the hard way to be less self-critical and accept her altered looks, especially as she thought originally that she might loose her eye.  She really wanted to pass on to her daughters and other young people that looks were not the most important thing about a person, she has just learnt to embrace her new look as part of who she now is.

Glenisk, in conjunction with Kathryn Thomas, have just launched a new range of Quark, which is  packed with flavour, has 0% fat, no added sugar and is high in protein, as well as a source of fibre to support good gut health and is high in Vitamin D!

It comes in a range of fabulous flavours and supports Kathyrn's passion for promoting the importance of nutritional and healthy food.

Lottie Ryan has just announced her partnership with Sims IVF and Rotunda IVF to launch the  #BeKindWithYourWords campaign.

The campaign aims to initiate a conversation online about fertility to educate and empower others.  Fertility is quite often a taboo subject with may women experiencing difficulties conceiving and also feeling under pressure to start a family when they have reached a certain age.

Fertility Awareness Week is a week dedicated to helping couples find the information that they need and help break down any barriers around using fertility treatments to start a family.

Award-winning chef Mark Moriarty has a brand new "Cook In" series on RTÉ One, on Wednesday evenings at 8.30pm.

Mark aims to give home chefs some practical advice for creating, nutritious and uplifting meals helping us to maintain a balanced diet.  Mark will be using the contents of our fridges and cupboards and also Irish ingredients where possible, supporting our local economy, so get cookin'.  

Instead of sitting at home and feeling useless, Mark Moriarty, along with the head chef from the Greenhouse restaurant and some colleagues, have been running a production kitchen in Kilcullen, Co. Kildare.

Their aim is to send out approx 200 meals a day to the front-line workers who are too tired to cook a substantial and nutritious meal when they arrive home.  The chef's hope to bring a bit of happiness to them through amazing food. 

The ingredients for the food are being donated by local companies and farmers and the group have also launched a GoFundMe page to finance the not-for-profit project, which raised €3,000 of its €50,000 target within 24 hours. This will allow the chef's to keep going for as long as the food is needed and any surplus funds when the project is finished will be used to finance a chef training scholarship.

Series 13 of Operation Transformation is back on your screens Wednesday evenings at 9.35pm on RTE One, with new leaders and comprehensive health and fitness inspiration for the new year.

There are 5 leaders this year, two of which are married.  The leaders will be given an exercise programme by fitness expert Karl Henry, and Dietitian Aoife Hearne will give plenty of inspiration regarding the food plan, which you can follow on the RTE Operation Transformation website. The show will be hosted by Kathryn Thomas.

And as always there will be the winning mix of highs, lows, personal stories, inspiring triumphs and a band of motivational leaders to get you moving in the New Year, too!

Coaches Anna Geary and Donncha O'Callaghan are back with the latest series of "Ireland's Fittest Families", this Sunday on RTE One at 6.30pm.

The competition begins with 15 families, who will be put through extreme challenges in different locations around the country.  The final battle with take place in Croke Park where the four surviving families will battle it out to be crowned "Ireland's Fittest Family".
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