As government representatives meet at the WHO global conference on noncommunicable diseases in Uruguay this week, their focus should be on reducing the health impacts of trade deals.
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New data on soaring child obesity should not come as a surprise. The food industry spends billions marketing unhealthy foods in a global society where over-eating is seen as a character flaw.
Sure, you have to die of something, but you may not have to die so soon - and you could be healthier, wealthier and happier in the meantime.
Physical activity is considered an important way to lower risk for breast cancer. But what if your ability to be fit is influenced by genes you inherit? Would that raise your risk? In rats, it did.
Electronic devices are making us sedentary – it’s time for a fix.
If you sit all day at work, then cancer, diabetes, heart disease and death are the likely outcomes. A cardiologist explains how the simple act of counting can reverse this evolutionary trend.
To fight against obesity, a huge issue in Asia, governments must promote lifestyle changes through education and improve access to healthy foods.
But you wouldn’t know it to look at a newspaper.
Poor sleep in infants and children has been linked to an array of problems, from aggression to poor school performance to diabetes, obesity and suicide. Our expert reviews the science.
…and then they need to record when remission occurs.
Language can change the way we think – and not always for the best.
Poor diet kills hundreds of thousands per year. If we want to achieve meaningful health care reform, we need to address our nation’s nutrition crisis.
Metabolically healthy obese people are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, a large new study finds.
We know we need to cut back on sugar, and focussing on eating more whole foods can help change our desire for sweetness.
The notion that obesity mostly afflicts the poor is a misconception.
A new study has established a cause and effect relationship between years of education and heart disease.
Is pointing out the negative health effects of overweight and obesity “fat shaming”?
Unhealthy food corporations use various tactics to undermine public health policies aimed at tackling the scourge of non-communicable diseases like diabetes and obesity.
Bombarded with unhealthy offerings by the food industry, we blame and shame ourselves for gaining weight. But is it really our fault, or are we being “entrapped?”
Research provides hope for new anti-obesity drugs.
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Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University
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Charles Perkins Centre Research Program Leader, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor Epidemiology & Equity in Public Health & Director, Institute Health Transformation, Deakin University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research Impact, Australian Catholic University
