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As a result of increasingly sedentary lifestyles, individuals now have relatively less muscle mass and relatively more body fat.
Sure, you have to die of something, but you may not have to die so soon - and you could be healthier, wealthier and happier in the meantime.
…and then they need to record when remission occurs.
Is pointing out the negative health effects of overweight and obesity “fat shaming”?
Bombarded with unhealthy offerings by the food industry, we blame and shame ourselves for gaining weight. But is it really our fault, or are we being “entrapped?”
A new study finds that 90% of men are overfat. But by what measure?
Understanding how your brain responds to food could be the key to losing weight
Two new Cochrane reviews reveal that some interventions to tackle overweight and obesity in children do work, but only in the short term.
Of the 22,713 weight loss operations performed in 2014-15, about 90% were performed in private hospitals, highlighting the difficulty in accessing this type of surgery through the public system.
It’s time we considered the long-term benefits of community weight loss programmes to both individuals and society.
‘Healthy child’ vouchers and increased taxation could help tackle the childhood obesity problem.
Hair samples reveal how stress and obesity are linked.
If you’ve ever tried to cut back on sugar, you may have realised how incredibly difficult it is. This leads to the question: can you be addicted to sugar?
Scientifically you can be overweight and healthy - and yet there is still an obesity stigma.
Weight loss often leads to declines in our resting metabolic rate – how many calories we burn at rest – which makes it hard to keep the weight off. So why does weight loss make resting metabolism go down?
Horrors of job discrimination.
Just don’t say you can’t do anything about it.
Reassuring your child you love and support them unconditionally is crucial for a healthy relationship.
Recent reports claiming we need to do five times more exercise than we previously thought are incorrect. Current physical activity guidelines are enough to achieve health benefits.
Top contributors
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Charles Perkins Centre Research Program Leader, University of Sydney
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Professor of Health Sciences, University of South Australia
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NHMRC Senior Research Fellow in the School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Health Promotion; Scientific Director of the Healthy Populations Institute, Dalhousie University
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Research Fellow in Exercise Metabolism and Nutrition, Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University
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Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, University of South Australia
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Associate Professor in Psychology, Swansea University
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of Essex
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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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Research fellow, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Deakin University
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Postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University
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Associate Professor, Health Behaviours, University of Oxford
