‘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

Goop to pay out over unproven health benefits of vaginal eggs

Gwyneth Paltrow’s company has agreed to pay $145,000 to settle allegations of unscientific claims

‘I didn’t get arrested, I got rescued’: jail is a lifeline for some pregnant women

Incarceration is some women’s only shot at pregnancy healthcare – but the quality varies enormously

How the Oprah effect helped Weight Watchers regain Americans’ trust

Strategy of targeting members’ general health as well as diet boosted by its star ambassador

Hot Cheetos are getting their own biopic, but might land you in hospital

The super-spicy snack, set to get its own origin-story film, has been blamed for a teenager’s emergency gallbladder surgery

Ban fat-shaming show Insatiable, its critics cry. But none of them have seen it

Like Beverley Hughes railing against Brass Eye, those who pelt round the hamster wheels of social media outrage have – yet again – confused the subject of a joke with its target

Gifting moms vacation days is cute – but could we give them rights instead?

American women aren’t guaranteed paid maternity leave – and colleagues plugging the gaps is nothing to celebrate

Breastfeeding is still political – as Donald Trump’s bullying tactics prove

The US’s attempt to prevent a WHO resolution to limit the promotion of baby formula shows that neoimperialism is alive and well

Trump administration’s opposition to breastfeeding resolution sparks outrage

US delegation to the World Health Assembly reportedly deployed threats to try to browbeat nations into backing off the resolution

Life-saving optimism: what the west can learn from Africa

In the US, where I teach, mental health problems are rife. In Nigeria, poverty is common but there’s no hopelessness. Why, asks author and academic Chigozie Obioma