Britons working harder than ever, says report

Teaching and nursing top list of most demanding professions in UK, according to research

Why are food allergies in children on the rise – and is there anything parents can do to protect them?

Around 7% of children have food allergies and, as the recent case of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse showed, in rare, tragic instances, these can be fatal. How worried should parents be?

‘I know I will be so tired’: a teenager on living with insomnia

Anita Salimi, 18, says sleep has been a problem for her since she was a young child

Like me, Jacinda Ardern took her baby to work – and was met with ignorance

The New Zealand prime minister is doing her best to juggle work and motherhood, writes MP Jo Swinson

‘People here want to be lifted’: Hampshire district is happiest place in the UK

Rushmoor has highest feelings that the things done in life are worthwhile, ONS finds

Weight Watchers plans tech rebrand to take on wellness industry

Under the name ‘WW’ the US-listed firm hopes to broaden its appeal as diets begin to wane

Average Briton spends 26 days a year watching on-demand TV

Adults spend eight times longer watching Netflix and iPlayer than exercising, survey reveals

Pregnancy weigh-ins were stopped in the 90s – and they’re still a bad idea

Yes, talk about healthy diets and weighing if there’s a problem, but calls to make this mandatory are misguided, says freelance journalist Lucy Jones

‘Would that all journeys were on foot’: writers on the joy of walking

Will Self on London, Fran Lebowitz on New York, Helen Garner on Melbourne and other writers’ love letters to urban pedestrianism

Famous street artists offer works for auction in aid of Movember

D*Face and Shepard Fairey among artists donating to men’s mental health charity