Womans Hour: Sophie Raworth on exercise as we get older

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Rebecca Curran,BBC Scotland and Ken Banks,North east Scotland reporter BBC Offshore worker Phil Perry says the fear of losing his job is an added motivation in keeping his weight under control Thousands of North Sea oil workers are being told they must lose weight if they are to keep flying offshore – or face losing…