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A ‘revenge body’ is built to show someone how well you are doing without them. With the advent of social media the phenomenon is increasingly popular. Shutterstock

Your body as a weapon: the rise of the ‘revenge body’ online

The ‘revenge body’ was once the domain of celebrity gossip. But with the advent of social media, anyone can publicly display a ‘new’ body post break-up.
Sweat creates evaporative cooling for your body, with the amount required determined by your size and shape, not your gender. from www.shutterstock.com

Health Check: do men really sweat more than women?

They say ‘men sweat, while women glow’. But new research shows gender is not the reason for different levels of sweating.
You can’t burn fat off a specific area, but you can build different muscles to change the shape of your body. from www.shutterstock.com.au

How we can change our body shape with exercise

Once we reach adulthood, our bone structure and proportions are fixed, but we can manipulate our muscles.
Tattoo do you do? Inkings can be perceived as a sign of health. Shutterstock

The science of naked attraction

Channel 4’s new programme took dating shows in a ‘bold’ new direction. But what can nakedness reveal about a potential partner?
We’ve all heard BMI has shortcomings, so what scale should we use to predict our optimum weight? from www.shutterstock.com.au

Too fat, too thin? How do you work out your ideal weight?

Public health authorities are forever telling us how much we should weigh, but there is one essential element missing: shape.

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