Understanding the psychology behind why we overeat can help us to consume less.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Obesity
Displaying 321 - 340 of 761 articles
We turn to doctors to treat cancer, addiction and high blood pressure. And, they have a lot of training and tools to help us. Why is that not so with obesity?
Dieting fads have been around for more than a century, but none of them has been shown to curb obesity long-term. The good news is that scientific evidence is revealing treatments that do work.
More than half of dogs and cats around the globe are overweight. Are well-intentioned owners to blame?
Despite the efforts of millions of Americans, obesity rates continue to climb. Why is it so hard to lose weight and to keep it off? It’s a lot more complicated than just pushing back the plate.
Health care providers often recommend exercise to overweight people as a way to lose weight, but that often does not work. Injuries can occur, and frustration can mount. Can walking with them work?
Dieting is a setup. The act of dieting causes physiological changes that make it hard to continue dieting successfully. Here’s how the body fights back when some people try to lose weight.
As a result of increasingly sedentary lifestyles, individuals now have relatively less muscle mass and relatively more body fat.
Living near lots of fast-food outlets doesn’t automatically encourage weight gain in your neighbourhood, but coupled with a lack of exercise facilities, it just might.
Research shows that children attending schools with low-quality food environments, in poorer neighborhoods, gain more central body fat – putting them at risk of obesity and cardiometabolic disease.
Surgical techniques for varicose veins are becoming more refined, but not all cases require surgery. Lifestyle changes can help.
Governments must understand that the factors making cities convenient and productive also make their residents prone to obesity. They must confront this challenge with intelligent, focused policies.
South Africa has problems with hunger and obesity and both are linked to malnutrition. But solutions like taxes, education, regulating food advertising and labelling can help the problem.
…but we should focus on lifestyle factors we can change.
Australians with lower incomes are dying sooner from potentially preventable diseases than their wealthier counterparts, according to our new report.
The NHS should reconsider its plan to refuse surgery to smokers and those who are obese.
Diet books aren’t just fluff. They offer a powerful insight into who Americans are – and how we wish the world could be.
Loneliness shortens our life spans and some studies suggest it’s even more lethal than obesity. We are physiologically and psychologically primed for connection, so don’t shrug off your loneliness.
Cold showers have been recommended to activate brown fat, but they are unlikely to yield any health benefit.
For centuries, people have been trying to lose weight in all sorts of ways – including drinking vinegar, avoiding swamps and stocking up on grapefruit.
Job Board
-
Assistant Editor - 1 year cadetship
-
Executive Dean, Faculty of Health
-
Nutrition Research Coordinator – Bone Health Program
-
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Earth System Science (School of Science)
-
Sydney Horizon Educators (Identified)
Top contributors
-
Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University
-
Professor of Health Psychology, University of Surrey
-
Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
-
Charles Perkins Centre Research Program Leader, University of Sydney
-
Associate Professor, Deakin University
-
Associate Professor, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
-
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
-
Professor Epidemiology & Equity in Public Health & Director, Institute Health Transformation, Deakin University
-
Professor of Health Sciences, University of South Australia
-
Professor of Medicine, The University of Melbourne
-
Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London
-
Professor of Public Health, Griffith University
-
D.Phil. Candidate in Population Health, University of Oxford
-
Executive Manager of Food for Health Alliance ; Senior Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne
-
Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research Impact, Australian Catholic University
