An increase in colorectal cancer in adults younger than 50 is troubling to doctors and often tragic for patients.
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Colorectal cancer rates among older adults have been declining, but diagnoses in adults younger than 50 have increased. As Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month winds down, a researcher offers insight.
Obesity among kids in Australia needs to be treated as a serious health problem.
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If any other condition affected as many children and contributed to as many long-term health problems as obesity does, we would have had an action plan long ago. But it’s not too late to start.
Some diets have ambitions a lot weightier than helping you lose a few pounds.
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Many diets make the case that eating certain types of foods will improve your health while redeeming our society and saving the planet.
Salty and fatty foods are driving up obesity.
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At the turn of the century, the greatest threats were posed by infectious diseases today, the biggest threats are posed by lifestyle diseases.
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Your body doesn’t know when you’ve overeaten, but exercise can help.
Less recreational screen time is better for children.
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Global experts warn that excessive screen time increases the risk of obesity, low physical fitness, anxiety and depression.
Bowel cancer was the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia in 2017.
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The rise in obesity parallels the increase in bowel cancer. Highly processed foods and alcohol could also play a role.
Women in customer facing roles often suffer most.
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People with obesity earn less and have a harder time finding work.
Policymakers are responding to a growing recognition of food as medicine.
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Diet-related illnesses cost more than US$1 trillion and immeasurable human suffering and pain. Policymakers are beginning to understand that it makes sense to support food-as-medicine initiatives.
For many of us, a better diet means eating more fruit and vegetables.
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We need to change how we produce, ship, eat and waste food to improve our health and that of the planet.
What you had before sways what you eat next time – but only if you remember.
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What you remember of your last meal affects when and how much you eat next time around. Neuroscientists have now identified neurons in the brain’s hippocampus that are crucial to this process.
Overeating in response to emotions is one of the many factors that can drive weight gain.
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New research sheds light on how identifying and describing emotions may influence eating behaviour and weight.
Fat-shaming is everywhere and research shows that it is very bad for our health.
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From romance to job interviews, people living with obesity are less likely to be successful.
The idea that fat is lazy and thin is virtuous has its roots in Christianity and is perpetuated by industry and media today.
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Moralistic talk about food, exercise and bodies has its roots in Christianity and is perpetuated by corporations. Collectively, we can resist.
Australians drink more than nine litres of pure alcohol a year.
It may not be popular, but an increase in the cost of alcohol would make us drink less and consume fewer kilojoules.
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Scientists manage to boost brown fat in mice with a molecule called BMP8b. Could this be the future for treating obesity?
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The link that Ronald McDonald House creates between itself and sick children is not just positive, it is sacrosanct.
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It’s time to stop shifting responsibility onto individuals, and start supporting deprived communities to live healthy lifestyles.
Comfort food.
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This is what happens when emotions eat you up.
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It’s not just a storm in a fruit cup – branding fuels our appetite for unhealthy foods.