Learning to love our bodies
A young woman dies taking diet pills; girls as young as eight are dissatisfied with their bodies... Could raising awareness around obesity be triggering eating disorders, asks Eva Wiseman
Teenage girls are skipping meals as weight anxiety soars
Two-thirds of girls in their mid-teens want to be thinner, and self-esteem continues to fall
Body image is a bigger issue than many people realise
The 25-year-old who forced Topshop into a U-turn over its use of ultra tall and skinny mannequins says the battle is not finished
‘I was cross that my child had to beg the prime minister for a drug’
Sue Barnley’s son has a rare fatal disease. Her family is having an increasingly bitter fight to get funding for his treatment
I protect the public from infectious diseases – whether from sneezing or sex
The work I’m doing in public health only scratches the surface. If only we had more time and resources
Universities and student victims of sexual assault
Letters: Suggesting that the university’s clinical practitioners are failing their institutional duty of pastoral care may deter exactly those students who most need the expert support and guidance that is available
How many people should watch you give birth? The crowdbirthing conundrum
Women in their teens and 20s have an average of eight people in the room during the course of giving birth, a survey suggests – it might work for some, but there are a few key questions to consider
Prostate cancer twice as likely to kill black men as white men, study finds
Researchers say study suggests need to target black men for screening of prostate cancer, which is projected to become the UK’s most common cancer by 2030
In US, 8 million baby boomers go hungry amid health and economic challenges
According to a new study, millions of older Americans are turning to charity for food as they face unemployment, housing shortages and poor health
Obama’s strong words for Kenya are welcome. But it’s too little, too late
The US president’s personal connection with Kenya gives him influence other western leaders don’t have, but for most of his time in office he has been largely disengaged from Africa