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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?
Junk food versus healthy food – why are we always blaming consumers for 'bad' food choices?
Thinking about trying for a baby? Then now is the time for you and your partner to "spring clean" your food and lifestyle habits.
Recently revised guidelines on mercury in seafood suggest cutting bait on some fish but making sure you eat other types. Then there are omega-3s to consider. Here are some tips to help you choose.
Rats were less able to find food after only three days on a diet high in sugar and saturated fat. So could a bad diet also be affect the human brain?
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Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Research Fellow, BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash University
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Clinical Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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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 Program Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA ( Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Stregthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Arizona State University
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PhD Candidate in Neuroscience, University of Sussex
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Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology, University of Southampton
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Senior Lecturer, Federation University Australia
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