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We need a free trade agreement for vegetables – and not much else.
From orange juice, to tea and coffee, to alcohol — different drinks can have different effects on iron absorption. This is worth thinking about if your iron levels are low.
New research shows both adults and kids are eating more nutritious food. But minorities and low-income populations still lag behind the rest.
The importance of diet to a child's development cannot be overstated.
Conflicting injunctions, shaped locally, constantly reinvented: food in the cities of the global south escapes the narrative of Western standardisation.
Plant-based diets can be healthy but ingredients matter. Heavily processed meat substitutes can be high in saturated fats and sodium.
Growing fruit and vegetables gets children moving and gets them enthused about healthy eating.
Olive oil, grapes and fish. There’s a lot to love about the Mediterranean diet but focusing on it might be a way to exclude other healthy and global diets.
Putting healthy foods at the centre of your family’s diet every day and on special occasions means taking the edge off excessive intake of sugary and fatty foods once in a while.
What science says about how to lose weight and whether you really need to.
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A professor in nutrition and dietetics explains.
A study found that grocery shoppers who could change their orders were more likely to swap produce for junk food than the other way around.
Fast-food outlets outnumber healthy food stores in South Africa’s Gauteng province.
Are you a meticulous lunch planner, or do you decide what’s for lunch after those first pangs of hunger strike after midday? If you’re in the second camp, it might be time to change.
UK mired by food ‘deserts’ and a crisis of loneliness – they should be tackled together.
The diabetes epidemic can be fought through new therapies, prevention programmes and effective junk food legislation.
The right diet, combined with moderate low-impact exercise, can benefit people with osteoarthritis.
Are healthy behaviors virtuous (and unhealthy ones sinful), or are they just like any other choice? Here’s how we could likely improve our health if we viewed choice differently.
A lot of money is spent by food producers and retailers to try and influence the type of food we buy and eat. But what can be done to encourage healthier choices?
We need to eat a healthy diet, do some exercise and avoid stress rather than blame saturated fat for heart disease, says a recent editorial. But does the evidence stack up?
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University, Monash University
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Clinical Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of South Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon
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Professor of Musculoskeletal Physiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey
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Conjoint Lecturer, University of Newcastle
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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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Visiting Scholar, School of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Arizona State University
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Senior Researcher, Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food, University of Oxford
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Research fellow, BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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PhD Candidate in Neuroscience, University of Sussex
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PhD candidate, Liverpool John Moores University
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Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology, University of Southampton
