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Study: Sugars could harm unborn baby
Pregnant women who eat a lot of sugar-laden food could be compromising their babies' development, new New Zealand research suggests.
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Study links junk food diet to lower IQ
Toddlers who have a diet high in processed foods may have a slightly lower IQ in later life, according to a British study described as the biggest research of its kind.
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<i>Gill South</i>: Ripe for a summer detox
Gill South gets the lowdown on natural ways to improve your health and finds exercise is still number one.
![<i>Wendyl Wants to Know</i>:Making healthier choices](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Wendyl Wants to Know</i>:Making healthier choices
As parents, we all know energy drinks shouldn't be consumed by children. Yet they love them...
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Boozers' body of evidence
Hangoverville is a place nobody wants to visit, but the road towards it is one many of us end up taking.
![Nauru tops obesity league](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Nauru tops obesity league
Pacific island nations now occupy the top seven places in the World Health Organisation's global obesity rankings.
![<i>Gill South</i>: How to sleep like a baby](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Gill South</i>: How to sleep like a baby
It's a busy time of year, and sometimes it's hard to switch off at night - but there are ways to help yourself, writes Gill South.
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Warning over fad diet using placenta hormones
Nutrition experts are warning about the potentially harmful consequences of a recently-revived diet based on hormones from human placenta.
![Just one in three Australians will be 'healthy weight' by 2025](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Just one in three Australians will be 'healthy weight' by 2025
Figures to be released at an obesity summit today indicate 72 per cent of Australians aged over 25 will have a weight problem in 2025.
![Festive fitness](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Festive fitness
Mark Walton-Cook offers a series of simple and sometimes surprising hints to help keep you trim throughout the party season.
![Points pro](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Points pro
One mundane routine that this mother-of-two will never quite take to is restricting her diet in order to lose kilos of stored baby fat.
![A slim chance of success](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
A slim chance of success
There are moments in life when you feel the universe is telling you - as politely as possible - that you have become a Fat Bastard.
![Making sure the healthy stuff sinks in](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Making sure the healthy stuff sinks in
A healthy diet is pointless if nutrients are not absorbed, finds Gill South.
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Maori pedal weight-loss plan to the top
'First drop your pie' was the lesson for one of the Hastings crew who cycled into Parliament to prove their weight loss programme was working.
![Dieting brings back Buck](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dieting brings back Buck
Six weeks ago rugby legend Buck Shelford was an overweight, pie-eating bloke for whom exercise was a distant memory.
![Antioxidants are the body's best friend](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Antioxidants are the body's best friend
To mark the start of "Movember", promoting men's health awareness, Gill South looks at the importance of good nutrition.
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Feeling groovy
Pounding away on the treadmill at the gym and nibbling on lettuce leaves is not the secret to feeling fab for summer, says nutrition specialist Dr Libby Weaver.
![<i>Wendyl Wants to Know:</i> Heaps of extras keep coffee addicts purring](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Wendyl Wants to Know:</i> Heaps of extras keep coffee addicts purring
Every week, Wendyl Nissen takes a readily available packaged food item and decodes what the label tells you about its contents.
![<i>Gill South</i>: Best ways to keep a cold at bay](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Gill South</i>: Best ways to keep a cold at bay
With a cold threatening on the eve of a trip to Melbourne, Gill South fights hard to stay well.