Diet and disorder
We've heard of anorexia, bulimia and orthorexia, and this week came word of yet another eating disorder: diabulimia. Apparently practised by a significant number of people with type one diabetes, this involves skipping insulin injections in order to lose weight - running the risk of kidney damage, eye damage and coma. The saddest story comes from Londoner Jacq Allan, 26, who has lost 42lb (19kg) over the past year. "I'm constantly worried that my eyes are going to go," she says. "I always wonder if this will be the day that some major organ fails. I kind of want something to happen because then maybe I'll stop."

Victorian dads unite
The prehistoric stereotype of the overbearing father, chasing away his daughter's suitors, is alive and well. This week, Cherie Blair noted that while her husband encourages their sons to "get girlfriends", he has a different attitude to their daughter's male friends: "mumbling something ... about how he's got these armed guards outside". Now Bruce Willis, father of three daughters, reports that he tells their boyfriends, "if anything happens ... I'm coming to you first, then I'm going to kill all your friends right in front of you, and you'll be last". Who to pity more? The daughters or their dates?
 The Guardian