Health & wellness

The obesity myth: experts tackle a big problem to deliver new solutions

Eating less, eating better quality foods and exercise are important for everyone's health, overweight or not.

• by Sarah Berry

High-fat versus high-carb: is the verdict finally in?

 A high-fat diet may be better for long-term health than a high-carb diet, according to a large new study.

• by Sarah Berry

The desire to live longer is killing middle-aged men

• by Bill O'Chee

How I turned exercise from torture to therapy

For the first 40 years of my life, I tortured myself with exercise.

• by Di Westaway

Getting a grip: How to recognise work-related stress

Work-related stress can lead towards misuse of alcohol or other drugs and poor mental health.

• by Paula Goodyer

These common ingredients can improve your performance

If you want to up your exercise game, look no further than your kitchen cupboard.

• by Sarah Berry

Goat yoga: 'What more could you want?'

"You couldn't wipe the smile off my face for the rest of the afternoon."

• by Sarah Berry

Can stress during pregnancy harm my baby?

Most pregnant women are aware of the advice to quit smoking, avoid alcohol, and wholeheartedly fear soft cheese in all its forms, but we hear very little official public health advice about stress during pregnancy.

• by Monique Robinson

Parasites - a cause of mystery gut symptoms?

With so much research into the effects of its microbes on our health, the gut has begun giving up more its secrets.  But some things remain a mystery – like the causes of irritable bowel syndrome, the chronic, often hard to treat gut problem thought to affect as many as one in five people (especially women) at some point in their lives.

• by Paula Goodyer

High school popularity may lead to anxiety later, new study

Were you the cool kid in high school? Adolescent popularity may take a toll on your mental health later on, according to a new study.

• by Najja Parker