obesity
Bowls Australia: be a good sport
Bowls Australia has developed a partnership with the Good Sports program to establish healthier, safer and more family-orientated bowls clubs nationwide. It is the largest preventive health program for the community …
Heart Foundation warns on Christmas weight gain
Between Christmas parties and edible presents, it can be difficult not to gain weight during the silly season, yet if current trends continue, less than one in four Australians will …
Clinical tips: New Year’s Resolutions
It’s all too easy for patients to make New Year’s Resolutions, writes Karalyn Huxhagen, and then abandon them… but pharmacists can help keep them on track. I am sure we …
Attitudes to physical education need to change: researcher
Gold Coast state primary school children are suffering from a lack of physical education, with schools failing to prioritise or promote its importance on the curriculum, new research shows. This …
Dads’ diet impacts offspring’s health: RMIT research
The amount of food consumed by fathers could have a direct impact on their unborn children’s health and wellbeing, according to new RMIT University research. The study suggests that a …
CHF lauds Labor tobacco approach, calls for similar on obesity
The ALP’s plan to increase the tobacco excise will help reduce the number of smokers in Australia, saving many from avoidable illness and death caused by cardiovascular disease and lung …
Overweight are most likely to drink sugary soft drink
Curtin University-led research has found that on any given day 22% of adults drink sugar-sweetened beverages and these soft drink drinkers are more likely to be men, younger adults, and …
Small change could slash childhood obesity rates
Australia’s rates of childhood overweight and obesity could be turned around with changes equivalent to cutting one small chocolate bar and getting in 15 minutes of exercise, according to research …
Healthy Food Partnership to tackle obesity, encourage healthy eating
Rural Health Minister Fiona Nash has announced a new partnership of preventative health groups, food industry bodies and government to cooperatively tackle obesity and encourage healthy eating. Minister Nash, Minister …
Supermarket catalogues promote unhealthy eating: analysis
Unhealthy foods are the most promoted items in Australian supermarket catalogues, according to an analysis by Deakin University obesity prevention researchers. In a study published in the journal Health Promotion …
Men and women have different attitudes to overweight
New Roy Morgan research shows that 72% of Australian adult women say they would like to lose weight, while 56% are actually overweight—and this disconnect in body perception is widest …
Graphic new ad to show impact of sugary drink consumption
A graphic new television advertisement highlighting the serious health effects of regular sugary drink consumption is hitting Victorian screens as part of a campaign encouraging people to cut back. The …