30 h. ago Two thirds of women ‘put on too much or too little weight’ in pregnancy, study finds

Too much or too little weight gain could have an impact on the mother and baby

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3 d. ago Women retire with pensions TWO THIRDS the size of men's... but new dads can help fix this

Women with private pensions retire on £173,000 while men stop work with £286,000, representing a 32% gap between their funds.

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2 w. ago Almost 30% of people abused as children, England and Wales data shows

ONS data, which includes emotional, physical and sexual abuse as well as neglect, suggests 13.6 million people affectedNearly a third of women in England and Wales were abused as a child, along with just over a quarter of men, according to new figures which for the first time include emotional, physical or sexual abuse as well as neglect.The data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates 31.5% of women and 26.4% of men experienced some form of abuse as a child, a total of 13.6 million – almost three in 10 – people. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Nearly a third of women and a quarter of men suffered abuse as a child, new figures show

Some 13.6 million people aged 18 years and over had likely suffered emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, as well as neglect, as children, according to the Office for National Statistics.

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2 w. ago Third of women and quarter of men abused in childhood, new estimates suggest

Forms of abuse included emotional, physical, sexual or neglect.

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2 w. ago Coleen Nolan, 60, is overcome with emotion as she introduces her new grandson after her daughter Ciara, 24, welcomed a baby boy

The Loose Women presenter, 60, became a grandmother for the third time this week after her daughter Ciara gave birth to baby boy Sidney Ray.

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2 w. ago Coleen Nolan, 60, is overcome with emotions as she introduces her new grandson after her daughter Ciara, 24, welcomes a baby boy

The Loose Women presenter, 60, became a grandmother for the third time this week after her daughter Ciara gave birth to baby boy Sidney Ray.

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2 w. ago Coleen Nolan becomes a grandma for the third time as daughter Ciara gives birth and shares sweet name and first pics

COLEEN Nolan's daughter has given birth to her baby after revealing she and her fiancé were expecting back in the summer. The Loose Women star has now become a grandma for a third time, after her daughter welcomed her baby earlier this week. Coleen’s 24-year-old daughter Ciara Fensome took to Instagram to reveal the news of her...

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3 w. ago Third of boys think women’s rights are unimportant, survey reveals

Warnings research, which is set to be presented to parliament, must be taken ‘seriously’ as boys also found to be turning to chatbots for emotional support, friendships and romantic relationships

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3 w. ago Riot Women cast: who is in the cast of BBC series and where do you know them from?

Riot Women will be rocking on with its third episode this weekend 🎸📺

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4 w. ago ‘The thought of not being thin for my wedding makes me want to die’: the new mothers driven to weight

The NHS warns against using GLP-1s while breastfeeding – for the baby’s sake as well as the mother’s. But how much does that count when they’re so readily available and there’s so much pressure to ‘bounce back’?Lydia* first started thinking about weight-loss drugs during pregnancy. “Everyone was talking about them and the advertisements were everywhere,” she says, as her baby son naps upstairs. “I remember thinking: ‘That’s how I’ll lose weight for my wedding next year.’”When Lydia explains that most of her life before pregnancy was spent in a welter of yo-yo dieting and body dissatisfaction, I say to her that I think most of us can relate. Her pregnancy, however, brought a level of body acceptance and contentment that the 33-year-old from Wales had never had before. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago ‘The pressure to get your old body back is immense’: the new mothers driven to weight

The NHS warns against using GLP-1s while breastfeeding – for the baby’s sake as well as the mother’s. But how much does that count when they’re so readily available and there’s so much pressure to ‘bounce back’?Lydia* first started thinking about weight-loss drugs during pregnancy. “Everyone was talking about them and the advertisements were everywhere,” she says, as her baby son naps upstairs. “I remember thinking: ‘That’s how I’ll lose weight for my wedding next year.’”When Lydia explains that most of her life before pregnancy was spent in a welter of yo-yo dieting and body dissatisfaction, I say to her that I think most of us can relate. Her pregnancy, however, brought a level of body acceptance and contentment that the 33-year-old from Wales had never had before. Continue reading...

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