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What's the best way to keep fit and healthy after Christmas?

It happens to most of us.

Despite the determination not to over indulge, Christmas can often see a tightening of the waistband and the New Year started with a resolution to shed those extra pounds.

But with so many different DVD's promising to be the best at fighting the flab, what is the best way to get fit and healthy, and make sure the motivation lasts beyond January?

Click below to watch a report from ITV News Anglia's Victoria Lampard

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