Janette Marshall is the former editor of BBC Good Health, and Tesco Healthy Living magazines. She was also health editor of the ground-breaking women's magazine eve at its launch and has been a regular contributor to many national magazines and newspapers.

Janette is the author of the acclaimed Fighting Fat Fighting Fit, (which accompanied a previous BBC health campaign), and The New Eat for Life, as well as several other books which have won a number of awards and commendations.

A committee member of The Guild of Health Writers, Jeanette also enjoys keeping fit, cooking, sailing, reading and wine tasting.

Her latest title, Fat Nation (Dorling Kindersley, 2004) invites the reader to join the country in the fight to get fit with Fat Nation, a major BBC health campaign.