Women who do their ladies fitness wear and exercise regularly may be interested to hear that experts are recommending another way to lose weight - doing mental exercises.

Doing crosswords or Sudoku puzzles can burn an average of 90 calories an hour, according to brain-training website cannyminds.com.

Mental agility expert Tim Forrester, from the website, said: "Our brains require 0.1 calories every minute simply to survive. When we do something challenging such as a puzzle or a quiz we burn through 1.5 calories every minute."

According to the website, doing an hour of brain training can burn off the calories contained in a chocolate hobnob or a custard cream biscuit.

The NHS advises eating a healthy diet and partaking in regular physical exercise as the best ways of losing weight.

It advises people to don their gym wear and go for regular walks as doing 10,000 steps a day can significantly improve health. ADNFCR-2569-ID-19481512-ADNFCR

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