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Scots die younger than anyone else in the UK. For many, work is less active, hobbies more sedentary, lives are more stressful and sleep is harder to come by. While the damage is devastating, it鈥檚 never too late to make a change.

In this episode, we meet airline shift-worker Victoria, and Johan, a food-obsessed chef with a busy home and work life. 28-year-old Victoria works as cabin crew and can do up to four flights a day. Every day starts at a different time for her, but like many of the 3.2m people in the UK who work outside the regular 9 to 5, she鈥檚 often up and working while many of us are still asleep. She eats at irregular hours, suffers from constant fatigue and complains about regular stomach pain. More recently, she鈥檚 felt her mood suffering, and often feels anxious. As for Johan, if taking care of five kids wasn鈥檛 enough, he often works 12-hour shifts in a kitchen. Despite serving up culinary treats, his own eating habits are pretty poor, and he gets next to no exercise, a combination that has led to weight gain.

Victoria and Johan are confronted with how their lifestyle is damaging their health. Despite her healthy appearance, Victoria is surprised that she is at risk of diabetes, and Johan鈥檚 results reveal he has a little-known but increasingly common syndrome. They鈥檙e both given a health plan, and over eight weeks we see the struggles they face in taking onboard all the advice and adopting a new lifestyle. Victoria is given some helpful tips from a specialist on sleep and shift work, and Johan learns to bring activity into his family life.

After eight weeks, we find out if they鈥檝e managed to turn their lives around.