Women's Health UK

Women’s Health is the first UK magazine to bring you health, beauty, fitness, fashion, weight loss, food & sex, all wrapped up in one super-glossy lifestyle title

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diversify your movement • For news and views to help make healthy a habit

News you can use • Want the latest health intel? We’ve read the research so you don’t have to

Ice vests • The coolest new garment in wellness? Ice vests. As the sartorial biohack goes viral, we asked a doctor to distinguish between marketing jargon and cold, hard facts

Well spent • What’s new. What works. What’s worth it

Triple-threat training • This leg- (and ab-) sculpting rotational lunge is a triple threat: hard-working warm-up move, strength builder and full-body conditioning staple

‘Ignoring the renormalisation of size 0 isn’t polite – it’s dangerous’ • With painfully thin models set to dominate fashion-week catwalks once again, WH fashion features editor Isabelle Knevett, who recovered from an eating disorder, argues silence isn’t good enough

Ask the COLLECTIVE • Want to run further, lift heavier or nail a pull-up? We put your questions to the Women’s Health COLLECTIVE trainers to help you make good on your goals

I join a sports team? • Pulling on a team shirt can be a game changer for your physical and mental fitness. Here’s what’s at play in your body and brain

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How Motsi got her groove back

The quiet return of appetite suppressants • With hunger-reducing supplements being used to slim down food noise, a lust for food is shrinking out of fashion. But what happens when you swap nutrition for the unknown?

Spermidine • The latest hero in a long line of ‘miracle’ longevity supplements, spermidine is being celebrated for its anti-ageing benefits. But are the biohackers selling you a pipe dream in pill form?

Can you ever be your own therapist? • As demand for NHS mental health appointments hits record levels and the cost of living crisis continues to bite, more of us are looking elsewhere for support. But, asks one writer – whose anxiety disorder once felt unsurvivable – what does bringing your mental health in-house look like and, crucially, is it safe?

Finding love in the vulnerability crisis • In an increasingly avoidant and rejection-phobic culture, appearing ‘too much’ has become one of our biggest fears when dating. But in trading vulnerability for self-censorship, what do we lose by stifling ourselves in pursuit of another?

‘Chronic UTIs left me alienated from my body’ • A decade of agonising symptoms and no solutions in sight left one writer to lose trust in her body. This Urology Awareness Month, she shares the tools that reconnected her with her body – and herself

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The human toll of AI training • As more women sign up for AI-generated running plans in pursuit of faster times, a growing number are ending up injured. But are the programmes the problem, or how we’re using them?

‘I lost my identity – fitness helped me find it again’ • Women’s Health COLLECTIVE member Laura Sealey, 41, says a back-to-hockey course reconnected her with the joy of movement

The new rules for getting stronger • For years, the ‘lift heavy’ mentality has dominated fitness, but the latest science is challenging that notion. WH lifts the lid

The kit list • September signals a new athleisure season. Whether you’re racking up miles on Strava or recommitting to strength training, the latest launches offer every incentive to do so in style

Happy pace • Finding a shoe that can do everything is no mean feat. But after some sole-searching (and sprint intervals), one runner...