Parties can spell trouble with a capital T for your waistline: crisps, biscuits, nibbles, peanuts and other saturated delights washed down with sugar-laden cocktails can send you into calorie overload before you're even past the apéritif stage.

Here's our guide to partying without pigging out and ending up guilt-ridden and hung over. You don't have to deprive yourself to avoid piling on the pounds - you just need to make a few wise choices when the drinks and snacks are passed around.