A metrobus driver performs squats at Rio de los Remedios metrobus station in Mexico. To combat growing obesity, lawmakers have introduced a new campaign encouraging physical activity.
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For many obese people, the message that physical activity is more important than managing weight is not only unhelpful but also not true.
Moderate intakes of red meat and alcohol can prevent a cancer diagnosis.
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Nearly 40,000 cancers diagnosed in Australia can be prevented if people avoid known risk factors for the disease, according to research published today.
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Diabetes medications can have real benefits but there are still some nagging unknowns about their effects.
Smaller portion sizes can help decrease food intake, but multipack options don’t.
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While a single, smaller portion leads people to eat less, having multiple smaller portions on offer appears to lead some people - notably the diet-conscious - to eat more.
Nicole Arbour takes a dig.
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Dear Fat People video goes viral but it’s another sad example of how acceptable it has become to belittle people while pretending it’s for their own good.
People queue outside the first KFC restaurant in Yangon, Myanmar, which opened last month.
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By bidding the price of unhealthy food down, fast food marketers are normalising everyday consumption.
Consumers prefer labelling on the front packaging of pre-packaged foods to help them make informed and healthy choices.
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Proposed regulations to have nutritional labels on the front of prepacked foods can give South African consumers a chance to make better food choices.
Sedentary lifestyle is a more important driver of obesity.
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Why the way we gather influential data on diet is inherently flawed.
Help may be on the way.
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Scientists seem to have cracked the code behind the heritability of obesity.
Research suggests the size of big supermarkets prompts us to shop less often and buy more on each trip.
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Large supermarkets are undoubtedly very convenient, with a huge variety of products on offer. But evidence suggests their size prompts us to shop less often and buy more on each trip.
Aspirin dissolves extra cancer risk in inherited condition and could have same effect for others.
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Aspirin reduces cancer risk in overweight people with an inherited condition, but the findings could be relevant to the rest of us too.
Times are tough – for some more than others.
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The harshest cuts have yet to happen, but the bite is already being felt.
The issue of nutrition among South Africa’s youth is complex and has elements of both under and over nutrition that need to be tackled.
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There are two extremes of malnutrition at play among South Africa’s youth - both under nutrition and over nutrition.
To grow into healthy adults, children need lots of exercise. The best kind is when they are playing freely – even better when it is with their parents.
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Globally, evidence points to children becoming less active because they would rather play computer games than be outdoors.
Sugar has always been vilified.
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Crusaders have been warning about the evil effects of sugar for hundreds of years,
with no positive effect on our health.
With c-sections becoming so common, it’s time that we started to investigate what that means for child health.
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As more and more babies are delivered by cesarean section, we need to start investigating what that means for their long-term health.
Heavier children do less well in school but it’s not about ability.
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Heavier people are less likely to be hired and more likely to be fired – and some of this may begin at school.
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How an evolutionary psychologist sees our obsession with being thin.
Food pep talk.
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Researchers used pepperoni pizza to find out whether more choice in the Western diet could affect how much food we think we should be eating.
Making sense of it.
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Apps can help us make sense of all the health messages out there.