The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) today released its updated Australian Dietary Guidelines to advise Australians about the types and amounts of foods needed to maintain a healthy…
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Brain circuitry may make it more difficult for obese people to lose weight, researchers have found. Research has shown that…
If food is labelled low fat, it’s got to be better for weight loss, right? Wrong – it’s the total kilojoules that matter most for weight loss. Looking solely at fat content only gives you part of the picture…
People are increasingly reporting their weight as lower than it is, skewing data on obesity rates, according to a new Irish study. The study, published today in PLOS ONE, found the gap in obesity levels…
Forty years ago, British nutritionist John Yudkin wrote a book about sugar. Titled Pure, White and Deadly, Yudkin argued that consumption of sugar, not fat, was driving the epidemic of heart disease. But…
We’ve all heard people sprout the phrase, “go on, you’re eating for two now” at barbecues, dinner parties and wherever food is being served, forcing pregnant women to decline offers of more and more food…
A group of red colobus monkeys in Uganda have been found to care less about grooming and more about sex after eating leaves…
Detox diets make amazing promises of dramatic weight loss and more energy – all achieved by flushing toxins from the body. Toxins have very little to do with it; detox diets “work” because of the very…
Changing a patient’s diet could reduce the side-effects resulting from quinine treatment for malaria. A new study has found…
My wife says she has a sweet tooth. But doesn’t everyone? It’s universal to the human condition (as well as the human palate) to like something sweet. It may even be an evolutionary advantage to seek out…
Outbreaks of pimples, blackheads and cysts are a cause of enormous anxiety and embarrassment among teens and young adults. If you’re part of the 20% of Australians who have experienced severe acne, you’ve…
Research has found that new mums are skimping out on fruit and vegetables, putting their babies at risk of long-term health…
Eating a home-cooked meal up to five times a week could add years to your life, researchers have found. People who cooked…
Research using rats has found that the fat in placentas of obese mothers stops nutrients from going to the foetus. Even when…
Nearly all Australians are taking a lifestyle risk that will increase the chance of developing a chronic disease, and more than half are taking two or three, a report released today by the Australian Institute…
Governments “must act now” to avert tens of thousands of cancer cases - and millions in medical bills - with policies that will improve diet and exercise among Australians, researchers say. Scientists…
Eating white rice on a regular basis could substantially increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to an assessment that reports a greater prevalence of the condition in Asian studies…
Eating a portion of processed red meat every day dramatically increases the risk of death from heart disease and cancer, according to a study of more than 120,000 people over almost three decades. The…
Scientists will be developing new strains of bananas to address iron-deficiency, a major cause of maternal death during childbirth…
People who achieve weight loss through surgery such as gastric bypass are seen less favourably than those who have dieted…
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, University of South Australia
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Visiting Academic, Aston Medical School, Aston University
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Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London
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Associate Professor, Deakin University
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Innovation - School of Health Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University
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Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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Programme Lead Nutrition and Health, Edge Hill University
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Former Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, King's College London
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Accredited Practising Dietitian and Lecturer, Southern Cross University
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Associate Professor, School of Medical, Indigenous and Health Sciences, University of Wollongong
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Charles Perkins Centre Research Program Leader, University of Sydney
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Personal Chair in Nutrition, The Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen
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Senior Visiting Fellow, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW Sydney
