UNDER THE MICROSCOPE: Pop singer Howard Jones, 64, answers our health quiz 

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Can you run up the stairs?

Yes. I live in an old engine house that has 17 floors and my studio is halfway up, so I’m constantly going up and down.

Get your five a day?

I must do because I eat only plants. I was a vegetarian for 43 years and last year turned vegan as it’s better for the environment.

Ever dieted?

Only once, in the late Eighties when I was going to do a photoshoot in Cuba with photographer Simon Fowler. He said he thought I could lose a few pounds so I lost about a stone by dieting. Otherwise I’ve stayed constant. I’m 5 ft 7 in and weigh 11 st 7 lb.

Any vices?

I used to smoke 20 a day. Then, on New Year’s Eve in 1982, I decided that I needed to give up for my health, so I announced it at a gig. Suddenly a rain of cigarettes came towards the stage. Now it’s just the occasional cigar.

Any family ailments?

My dad had prostate cancer and my mum had Alzheimer’s for the last part of her life. I get tested

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