According to the UAE Healthy Future Study, one-third of participants have high cholesterol and blood pressure. There may be a “public health emergency” of heart…
View More UAE study emphasizes the “public health emergency” of Emiratis’ susceptibility to heart diseaseCategory: Health and fitness
If you want to tackle junk food, target the advertisers | Letter
UK junk food advertising is an industry worth tens of millions of pounds working to glamorise unhealthy diets, says James WardUnhealthy foods are becoming a…
View More If you want to tackle junk food, target the advertisers | LetterI feel trapped by our family life abroad and want to move back to London | Ask Annalisa Barbieri
Geography may only be part of the problem – talk to your husband about what you want your future to look likeI am of Asian…
View More I feel trapped by our family life abroad and want to move back to London | Ask Annalisa BarbieriYou be the judge: should my boyfriend stop carrying his huge water bottle everywhere?
Jenny finds the constant presence of ‘the tank’ cringe-inducing, but for health-conscious Jared it’s practical and prudent. Whose argument needs drenching?Find out how to get…
View More You be the judge: should my boyfriend stop carrying his huge water bottle everywhere?Will youngsters have a leg to stand on at 80? | Brief letters
Stepping up your fitness | Muscle memory | Protecting A&E | Comfrey fertiliser | Sport or pastime? | Summer knickersAs an 80-year-old, I can testify…
View More Will youngsters have a leg to stand on at 80? | Brief lettersDon’t cheer the scale: Doctors and dieticians untangling body size from health
Healthcare professionals, from advanced sports dieticians to general practitioners, are increasingly trading a focus on weight for other, more robust health measuresGet our weekend culture…
View More Don’t cheer the scale: Doctors and dieticians untangling body size from healthAfter my husband died, I struggled to listen to music – but now I find comfort in the songs he loved
Music was Margaret McNally and her husband’s shared love language. Two years after his death, she’s working through his playlist to keep his spirit aliveGet…
View More After my husband died, I struggled to listen to music – but now I find comfort in the songs he lovedI may never see my wife climax again – and the thought makes me really sad
Four years ago she told me she would take responsibility for her own pleasure and bought a vibrator, which she uses alone. It makes me…
View More I may never see my wife climax again – and the thought makes me really sadEmbrace the climb! How stairs can super-charge your fitness in seconds
They’re everywhere, they’re free and low-impact. No wonder more and more people are ditching long runs – and taking the stairs insteadYou might not have…
View More Embrace the climb! How stairs can super-charge your fitness in seconds‘Upending the genre’: the children’s author rewriting the rules of sex ed
A new trio of books for kids focuses on consent, kindness and curiosity. Author Cory Silverberg explains why we need to rethink talking with young…
View More ‘Upending the genre’: the children’s author rewriting the rules of sex ed