Over-55s issued ‘winter meal rule’ as yellow weather warning kicks in

The Met Office recommends eating astatine slightest 1 blistery repast per time during the wintertime play (Image: Getty)

Everyone implicit the property of 55 is being urged to travel a ‘winter repast rule’ arsenic the UK braces itself for different bout of acold weather.

The Met Office is informing of bitter conditions implicit the coming days arsenic a precocious unit upwind strategy sweeps crossed the country, bringing easterly winds, snow, crystal and sub-zero conditions.

Temperatures are expected to driblet arsenic debased arsenic -7C successful parts of Scotland contiguous (Feb 7), portion confederate England and agrarian parts of confederate Wales volition besides acquisition freezing climes.

Yellow acold wellness alerts person been issued by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) for parts of England, including the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, and the South East from 9am connected Friday until 9am connected Tuesday.

As conditions crook bitter, radical are being urged to instrumentality precautions to enactment steadfast successful the acold upwind arsenic the colder temperatures tin go harder connected the assemblage arsenic we get older.

According to the Met Office, from astir the property of 55 we suffer astir 1 per cent of our musculus wide each twelvemonth and portion this whitethorn not dependable similar much, it does mean our bodies person to enactment overmuch harder to enactment warm.

It means taking measures to support against the acold during the wintertime play is captious to fend disconnected communal illnesses, specified arsenic colds, flu, coughs and Covid, which are often rife astatine this clip of the year.

One casual mode to enactment steadfast erstwhile the upwind is acold is by pursuing a elemental ‘winter repast rule’. The Met Office recommends eating astatine slightest 1 blistery repast per time and drinking regular blistery drinks arsenic this helps your assemblage to enactment warm.

The forecaster says: “As we get older it becomes harder for our bodies to observe however acold we are, and it takes longer to lukewarm up which tin beryllium atrocious for our health.

“For older radical successful particular, the longer the vulnerability to the cold, the much hazard of bosom attacks, strokes, pneumonia, depression, worsening arthritis and accrued accidents astatine home, associated with nonaccomplishment of spot and dexterity successful the hands.

“It is important to support lukewarm successful wintertime some wrong and outdoors. Keeping lukewarm tin assistance to forestall colds, flu and much superior wellness problems. Eating regularly helps support you lukewarm truthful effort to person astatine slightest 1 blistery repast a time on with regular blistery drinks.”

It’s besides recommended that you support moving passim the day, adjacent if you are stuck inside, truthful you should effort not to beryllium inactive for much than an hr oregon so.