A story about Singaporean influencer Chuando Tan, 58, who looks half his age, struck a chord with readers keen to learn how he stays so young looking.
Weight-loss journeys also proved popular, including one shared by US actress Anne Hathaway, who has had to shed weight for her films over the years, and another by a Singapore executive who dropped 34kg (75 pounds) to truly enjoy family life.
Here are five of our most popular health and wellness stories from 2024.
1. Photographer’s secrets to staying young
Singaporean fashion photographer Chuando Tan has garnered acclaim for his captivating images of his subjects, and of himself.
With chiselled abs and a youthful visage, Tan looks far younger than his 58 years. The youngest son of painter Tan Tee Chie, his journey into the world of imagery began as a model in the 1980s. He was briefly a pop vocalist during the 1990s, before pivoting to photography. Read more here
2. Amazonian tribe’s link to beating dementia
The Tsimané are an indigenous people from the Bolivian Amazon in South America. You have probably never heard of them. I had not. I had to look up how to pronounce Tsimané: chee-mah-nay.