Unsafe dieting linked to obesity rise - expert
Eating disorder clinics are increasingly seeing patients who developed their condition as a result of being overweight or obese, a leading Australian health expert says.
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Study: Fat tax would benefit Kiwis
Taxing fizzy drinks and fatty foods and subsidising fruit and vegetables could have significant health benefits for New Zealanders, a local study has shown.
Obesity gobbles up health dollars
New Zealand's weight problem is gobbling up more than 4 per cent of what we spend on health care, according to a study out today.
Asthma fall in weight loss schools
Researchers studying a school-based programme credited with reducing the rates of obese and overweight 7-year-olds have now found a reduction in asthma symptoms.
Study: Daycare fosters obesity
Researchers unable to explain higher health risk for children in facilities.
Action urged on South Auckland's high baby death rate
Newborns and unborn babies in later pregnancy have been dying in South Auckland at a higher rate than the national average for most of the past decade.
Kiwis punch above their weight
We're becoming a nation of fatties. And while we only make up 0.08 per cent of the total world weight, we make up 0.22 of the world's excess weight due to obesity.
Alarm over teens' risky weight-loss tactics
A study finds doctors could do more to help at-risk teens who are vomiting, taking diet pills and skipping meals.
Only children more likely to be obese - research
Research has found children who don't have any brothers or sisters are about 50 per cent more likely to have weight problems.
Scott Kara: Obesity issue? Look to parents first
Judging by the food court scene, it's no wonder NZ has an obesity problem. The people carrying those big plates of food were big and they had large kids in tow.