Weightwatchers (www.weightwatchers.es) runs meetings in Barcelona for those wanting to lose weight. Availability of sessions in English in the Barcelona area changes with demand. Phone 902 300 210 for English speaking groups.

For those with digestive orders, the Centro Medico Teknon (93 290 62 00 / www.teknon.es) and the hospital Vall d´Hebron´s Servicio de Aparato Digestivo (93 274 61 00 / www.vhebron.es) have a good reputation for treating IBS, as well as serious disorders such as Crohn´s Disease.

Individual nutritionists can be consulted at their practice; home visits are not the norm. Companies such as Sthetic Integral offer treatments such as facial nutrition, while Kore and the Centro de Estudios Vipassana offer alternative slimming therapies.