‘Healthy child’ vouchers and increased taxation could help tackle the childhood obesity problem.
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Hair samples reveal how stress and obesity are linked.
If you’ve ever tried to cut back on sugar, you may have realised how incredibly difficult it is. This leads to the question: can you be addicted to sugar?
Scientifically you can be overweight and healthy - and yet there is still an obesity stigma.
Weight loss often leads to declines in our resting metabolic rate – how many calories we burn at rest – which makes it hard to keep the weight off. So why does weight loss make resting metabolism go down?
Horrors of job discrimination.
Just don’t say you can’t do anything about it.
Reassuring your child you love and support them unconditionally is crucial for a healthy relationship.
Recent reports claiming we need to do five times more exercise than we previously thought are incorrect. Current physical activity guidelines are enough to achieve health benefits.
Scientists thought they were closing in on one great new treatment but may have found another instead.
An individual’s weight is a complex and sensitive issue, which may be related to many factors that are not only medical but social, environmental and emotional.
A longitudinal study featuring nearly 74,000 US women has found that the longer a woman has been overweight or obese during her adult life, the higher her risk of developing cancer.
Many people believe eating healthily is expensive – and more costly than buying junk food. But our new research shows this isn’t the case.
It’s not easy to make good food choices when there’s a takeaway on every corner.
Canada is the latest country to see a decline in rates of overweight and obesity. Does that mean anti-obesity strategies are starting to work?
The government’s focus on treating chronic disease neglects the importance of obesity and the benefits of preventive health measures tailored to gender and socioeconomic circumstances.
In-school nutrition programmes can reduce the chances of children suffering from childhood obesity.
All eyes have been on Mexico since they imposed a tax on sugary drinks – and now the data is in.
Short men and overweight women are less likely, on average, to succeed in life. But why?
Monday – start diet. Tuesday – break diet! Wednesday – plan to start again next Monday. Sound familiar?
Top contributors
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Clinical Trials Director, Department of Endocrinology, RPA Hospital, University of Sydney
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Professor of Health Sciences, Adelaide University
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NHMRC Senior Research Fellow in the School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Health Promotion, Dalhousie University
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Research Fellow in Exercise Metabolism and Nutrition, Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University
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Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor in Psychology, Swansea University
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of Essex
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Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Research fellow, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Deakin University
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Postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University
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Associate Professor, Health Behaviours, University of Oxford