Childhood obesity linked to irregular sleep and skipping breakfast

Study challenges view that soaring childhood obesity rates are caused solely by eating too much

Tesco cuts sugar in own-brand drinks to avoid sugar tax

Government hails supermarket’s move to reformulate all of its own-label soft drinks, saying it shows pressure is working

Men much less likely to seek mental health help than women

Huge survey shows gender gap and the need for ‘cultural shift’ says charity chief

Health anxiety may increase risk of heart disease, research finds

Study suggests ‘worried well’ who fret over non-existent illnesses are 70% more likely to develop heart diseases

French mothers don’t suffer from bladder incontinence. And nor should you

Unlike Nadia Sawalha, I am a stranger to urinary accidents, even after four vaginal births – because I’ve had my pelvic floor electronically re-educated

NHS to offer safer Down’s syndrome test to pregnant women

Non-invasive prenatal test allows screening without risk of miscarriage but critics fear it could lead to an increase in terminations

There’s a big difference between those who realise they’re winging it, and those who don’t

The most obvious case, it goes without saying, is that of the proto-fascist misogynist who’s running for US president

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

NHS figures show ‘shocking’ rise in self-harm among young

Upward trend is more pronounced among girls and is evidence of increased social pressures on children, say experts

Men – don’t be squeamish, have the balls to have a vasectomy

Vasectomies are in decline. But, as I’ve discovered, they’re less painful than the dentist and an effective contraceptive