Items with category:Weight Management

How and why do children become overweight or obese? New analysis suggests that there is still a lot of unknowns

This blog is by Dr Georgie Russell, Lecturer in Food Innovation, School of Exercise and...

Losing weight can improve your health but can it also make you less stressed?

Our next blog is by Dr Susan Torres, Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Accredited Practicing...

Eating patterns: how do they affect our health?

Everywhere we turn, be it health magazines, diet books or social media posts from “health...

Doctors are ill-equipped to reduce the burden of chronic disease

How would you respond if, when consulting your doctor for a sore throat, that they...

Health benefits of following Australian Dietary Guidelines

For the first time, researchers have shown that meeting current Australian Dietary Guidelines is linked...

People with ‘obesity gene’ can still lose weight

“No matter how much I diet or exercise, I can’t seem to shift the weight!”...

Tackling Australia’s big fat problem

Overweight and obesity are highly prevalent across the globe, and Australia is no exception. In Australia 63%...

Malnutrition: why chocolate is better than soup

Malnutrition is not just a problem seen in developing countries; a large number of Australians...

Fat taste linked to obesity

Could the a link between food and obesity be right on the tip of our...

The InFANT Program: Supporting parents to promote healthy eating and active play right from the start

Preventing the development of obesity in children is an international health priority. Here, we outline...

Lifestyle keys to preventing bowel cancer

Bowel cancer is one form of cancer where diet and lifestyle choices play a big...

Preventing weight gain: 6 common strategies used by successful weight losers

Losing weight and keeping it off can be hard to do, however, maintenance of weight...

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