Could Deirdre's stuffed marrow save Coronation Street?

Top telly soaps have come in for their annual bashing, this time from an academic report saying that soaps depict characters with unhealthy eating choices and lifestyles with little or no exercise.

But while Emmerdale got in the neck for Eric Pollard being the unhealthiest soap character because he's always drinking, and EastEnders' Fatboy getting a ticking off for eating peanut butter and jam sarnies, Coronation Street didn't fare too badly.

The report by Liverpool’s John Moores University for the Co-operative store, found that Corrie was the healthiest at mealtimes, with 41% of all food consumed, or referred to, getting the seal of approval from health experts.

So it just goes to show that there may be a point to Deirdre's stuffed marrow, after all.

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