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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 people are less likely to be hired and more likely to be fired – and some of this may begin at school.
How an evolutionary psychologist sees our obsession with being thin.
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.
Apps can help us make sense of all the health messages out there.
One of the biggest ironies in the history of bottled water is the role that the soft drinks industry has had in its growth.
Supersize me too: how junk food decimates thousands of friendly microbe species.
Backlash to ‘throwback’ slimming ad is a win for the bikini terrorists
Obesity researchers have been in a tug of war about obesity for decades now. So what does the evidence show about the latest offensive in the obesity wars?
What do stuffed crust pizza and terrifying newspaper headlines have in common? Our hard-wired evolutionary responses hold the answer.
The leading cause of death in the world are a group of illnesses known as non-commmunicable diseases. But a growing body of evidence shows they’re actually social contagions.
Most of us know that obesity is a growing problem across the globe but would you call it a disease? While it may seem like a semantic debate, it is actually a serious issue with major implications.
A third of children in Puerto Rico are obese but fining parents would just add to the burden.
The link between exercise, diet and ill health has been recognised for a considerable length of time. The ancient Greek physician, Hippocrates (460-370BC), wrote: Eating alone will not keep a man well…
Want to drop a dress or pants size? Then losing five kilograms, or about 5% of your body weight will help that zipper start to close with ease. In case you need another reason, keeping a small amount of…
The energy imbalance gap is how many calories you consume versus how many you burn. Understanding how it differs among different populations could lead to better policies to target obesity.
Back in 2012 the Which? Breakfast Cereal Report identified worryingly high amounts of sugar in 50 of the most popular breakfast cereals. Three years later and a new survey by campaign group Action On Sugar…
Do you eat only when you’re actually hungry? Many of us eat even when our bodies don’t need food. Just the thought of food entices us to eat. We think about food when we see other people eating, when we…
The NHS is 67 years old, on its knees and struggling, and its patients are not doing much better. Launching the Labour Party’s new plans for public health today – it’s an election year after all – the…
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Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University
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Professor of Health Psychology, University of Surrey
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Charles Perkins Centre Research Program Leader, University of Sydney
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor, Deakin University
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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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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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Professor of Health Sciences, University of South Australia
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Professor of Medicine, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Public Health, Griffith University
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Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London
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D.Phil. Candidate in Population Health, University of Oxford
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Executive Manager of Food for Health Alliance ; Senior Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research Impact, Australian Catholic University
