The party’s over for young people, debt laden and risk averse

With such grave financial prospects, it’s no wonder today’s under-25s prefer jogging to drinking. To have a sense of freedom now seems illogical

Private health cover: governments only care about rising costs when they’re paying, not you

With another hike in premiums, consumers have to weigh up whether they are better off paying money to an insurer, or saving for a rainy day

On the pulse: a chef, a football manager and a TV star track their heart rates

What does a stressful job do to you? We asked people including Sam Allardyce, Kirsty Wark and Angela Hartnett to wear a heart rate monitor for a day to find out

Organic consumers avoiding processed and red meat, sales show

Data on British buying habits in 2015 reveals a move away from products such as sausages and bacon in favour of fish and poultry

Vienna named world’s top city for quality of life

Study examining socioeconomic conditions places Austrian capital at apex of index while London, Paris and New York fail to make top 35

When the chips are down: what it’s like to gamble everything away

Brits now spend £1bn a week on fixed-odds betting terminals – our readers talk about the human cost of this habit

As the rich get richer everyone else gets less happy

Research suggests that as the wealth of the richest explodes, the rest of us are left stressed, worried, angry and with lower levels of life satisfaction

My mommy tax: six months of nursing cost more than a year of formula

Studies that show breastfeeding is the cheapest way to feed children are gauging overall economic impact, not what it can cost individual families

‘You are not the only lonely worker’: our readers on making friends at work

Isolation in the workplace is increasingly being recognised as a problem. Our readers offer their advice on how to beat loneliness

Workplace loneliness is a real problem. For 45 hours a week I feel isolated

I have a good job which I enjoy, but in a bustling office I feel entirely alone. Employers need to tackle this, both for work performance and for people like me