Why it’s time to ban Love Island diet adverts

The popular ITV show has come under fire for showing ads for cosmetic surgery and a weight-loss supplement – and research shows just how toxic they can be to young women

The rise of the body neutrality movement: ‘If you’re fat, you don’t have to hate yourself’

Instead of emphasising the need to love how you look, concepts such as body neutrality, fat acceptance and body respect are allowing women to make peace with their bodies

Seven ways to deal with post-traumatic stress disorder

PTSD can be caused by a range of experiences, from a car crash to rape to surviving a terrorist attack. But how do you know if you have it and what can you do?

Gifting moms vacation days is cute – but could we give them rights instead?

American women aren’t guaranteed paid maternity leave – and colleagues plugging the gaps is nothing to celebrate

Experience: I built my own pancreas

Having a computer make adjustments while I sleep is far safer than trying groggily to make decisions in the early hours

What does childbirth feel like? You asked Google – here’s the answer

Every day millions of people ask Google life’s most difficult questions. Our writers answer some of the commonest queries

Upsurge in sleeping problems due to UK’s longest heatwave in 40 years

People left tired, irritable and less productive at work after nights of poor shuteye

Writer Chidera Eggerue on what #SaggyBoobsMatter is really about

She started a movement with one simple question: why should only small-boobed women go braless? Now, Eggerue has written a book she calls an antidote to the self-help scene

Breastfeeding: it’s bad for business!

Why would the USA oppose a resolution to promote breastfeeding?

Why Harry Kane is an inspiration for chubby children everywhere

As an overweight kid, a role model like Kane would have helped me shrug off taunts and kick a ball