This week's episode of the midpoint is a little bit different. It's brought to us in collaboration

with our friends at one day tests. I was drawn to working with one day tests because a lot of

the information I have around my health is based on instinct or long-term changes. So I wanted to

see if the nuances of what my blood could tell me would make a difference to my habits. Now, we're fed

a lot of information about how we're living longer and what is really good for us, and then

a lot of information about the opposite, our health challenges and lifestyle problems. So I sat down

with medical director, Dr Adam Staten and Kate Davis, clinical lead for women's services at

One Day Tests, to chat about what a lot of this really means and how understanding our biomarkers

can give us a confidence to make positive changes. So let us know on Instagram what minor

changes you've made that have had a real impact for you. And for more information, visit

www.1-day tests.com. Kate, Adam, thank you so much for sitting down and having a chat about,

well, first of all, we're going to talk about the state of the nation in terms of health. Where are we

at in the UK in terms of the big challenges that is affecting the

health of the nation? Well, there's quite a few challenges. I think one of the big challenges

at the moment is actual mental health, which we know is an enormous problem, you know,

lots of anxiety and depression. Certainly since we've come out the other side of the COVID pandemic,

mental health seems to have absolutely the COVID pandemic, mental health seems

to have absolutely ballooned.

But mental health tends to have a big impact on your physical health and the two things

interact a lot.

And with physical health, we see the same problems that have been around and growing for some

time.

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