‘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

Derry has a high suicide rate – but could redesigning the river help the city?

A project on the River Foyle is using design to try to improve wellbeing and mental health outcomes in the city

Council’s vaping project with British American Tobacco labelled ‘a disgrace’

Birmingham criticised by health campaigners over tie-in that breaches established guidelines

Heart health: the science behind keeping heart disease at bay

Experts reveal how our lifestyles can affect our efforts to keep our hearts healthy

UK and US border officials join forces in bid to tackle female genital mutilation

Information from airport interviews to be shared as part of Anglo-US drive to protect potential victims