Tight squeeze: why muscly men love ultra-skinny jeans
Gym life, Instagram and the male cast of Love Island have all cemented the unceasing trend for neo-jeggings. Will it ever wear off?
Lydia Towsey: how I discovered the Venus in me
From Botticelli to glossy magazines, women have been idealised and misrepresented for centuries. Performance poet Lydia Towsey reveals how her own near-fatal eating disorder set her on a path to explore new ways of looking at female bodies
Young at heart: why children who exercise become healthier adults
New research suggests childhood exercise has a protective effect on health in later years, as well as improving brain power
Be your own therapist? Fine – if you’re up to the job
We should be wary of any suggestion that self-help could replace therapy, writes Mark Brown
Gemma Arterton reveals studio filmed her exercising to make her lose weight for role
Actor describes ‘traumatic’ experience at the hands of producers who flew out a personal trainer to Morocco and filmed her at the gym to prove she was exercising
UK medicines agency seizes HIV home-test kits over false result risk
More than 100 Hightop kits, which have not met EU regulations, seized as agency warns consumers against using them
UK families could get money off shopping bills if they hit exercise goals
NHS ‘healthy towns’ scheme could offer rewards such as free cinema tickets in attempt to reduce lifestyle-related illnesses
Disabled student told he will fail course because he cannot write shorthand
MSPs condemn exam board after Kyle Gunn, who has cerebral palsy, informed he would be denied journalism qualification
Can adults develop food allergies?
A new study shows that allergies to foods can start in grownups, and unlike childhood allergies, they usually persist
Bollywood’s hot new topics: open toilets, menstrual hygiene and erectile dysfunction
Forget all those swirling songs and plots about love, heartache and family values. Bollywood has more pressing concerns