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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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Nail the strength training sweet spot for a longer life • If you do one thing this month…

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

Muscle memory • Body composition scans promise a more holistic picture of your health than your average bathroom scales. But how do they measure up?

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

What happens when… I come off a GLP-1 • Stopping medications such as Mounjaro or Ozempic can deliver weighty expectations. Here’s how to shape your approach to eating, exercise and wellbeing

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

‘Our all-or-nothing culture is a mental health threat’ • From wellness culture to Westminster, the attention economy demands that we see our health in black and white. Make room for nuance and resist, urges Natasha Devon

Women’s Health COLLECTIVE Your go-to training companion • Enjoy exclusive training plans and workout videos designed for every fitness level, whether you’re just getting started or taking your training further. You’ll also get access to the UK’s No.1 rated fitness app, FIIT.

Vicky Pattison’s new era • She’s made it her mission to give the most unvarnished aspects of our physical and mental wellbeing more airtime. So who better to join our editor-in-chief behind the mic on the Women’s Health podcast, Just As Well? From training hard for her latest charity expeditions to a gruelling challenge of another kind – trying to conceive – she shares the health journey she’s on right now

Just As Well • Listen in: get to know the new hosts

Are mushroom supps losing their magic? • In a wellness industry susceptible to a change of wind, mushroom-based products to boost focus and immunity have continued to sprout up. But as scepticism grows over how much shroom you’re actually swallowing, WH reports on a growing problem

Collagen • As the biggest collagen studyyet makes some glowing claims about its benefits, WH asks whether the findings can be taken at face value – or if we need to read between the lines

My mother, my love life and me • As attachment theory goes viral, more and more women are re-examining their love lives through the lens of their childhoods. Here, one writer turns back the clock to ask: is my mother’s attachment style sabotaging my dating life?

‘Eating disorder recovery isn’t a final destination, it’s a process’ • Journalist Mallary Tenore Tarpley was a spokesperson for eating disorder recovery. Then her eating disorder returned. Here, she reveals why reframing recovery as a process without an end point can make healing more accessible

Why bone is the new muscle • After years of muscle being the main character, bones are the new frontier of fitness – and science shows training is one of the most powerful tools to protect them. Here’s why it matters, and how to move and fuel your way to a new kind of inner strength

The unstoppable rise of trail running • Once sidelined in favour of road running, trail running is enjoying a moment in the sun – and it’s about time. From a rejection of tracking culture to a celebration of community, WH makes the case for hitting the trails

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‘I used to exercise out of guilt, now it’s my greatest joy’ • Women’s Health COLLECTIVE member Jenny Davies, 44 – an HR wellbeing coordinator from Wales – used fitness as a form...