The body beautiful: in search of freeze-dried blueberries, Mr Universe and a twerk-out

Sydney’s Fitness Show offers a peek at the latest, greatest and most bizarre new trends in the $8.5bn fitness industry

We all grow old – don’t let the age industry stigmatise it

It’s great that we can live healthily beyond middle age; bad if the need to defy time becomes a tyranny

More middle-aged men taking steroids to look younger

Experts warn about growing number of men in their 40s and 50s taking drugs to fight signs of ageing and boost sex drive

Friends’ pictures on social media have biggest impact on body image

Women are more likely to compare themselves with their peers than with celebrities

Number of cosmetic surgery procedures in UK fell 40% in 2016

Analysts say rising influence of a wave of ‘relatable’ social media celebrities could be behind a slump in demand

Embrace review – Australian body-image doc takes hold of the issues

Taryn Brumfitt fronts a worthy documentary about women’s relationships with their bodies – but seems afraid to use the word ‘feminism’

Ex-bodybuilder Taryn Brumfitt campaigns to ditch diets and end myth of the ideal shape

Australian writer took on body image prejudices – and a new film, Embrace, shows her message winning global support

A moment that changed me: being abused on the street about my weight

It’s happened before and it will happen again – to me and other fat people. The difference now is that I don’t want pity from people, I want anger

Can we stop talking about our bushes now? Feminists are needed elsewhere

Donald Trump is running for president. A rape complainant’s sexual history was pored over. Domestic violence shelters are closing. Bikini waxes seem somehow insignificant

Having sex with the lights off? It’s the thin edge of the Donald Trump wedge

At one end we have Trump saying things like ‘she is a fat piglet’ and at the other we have body shaming by a weight control company – it is all of a piece