
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.
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.
Taxing fizzy drinks and fatty foods and subsidising fruit and vegetables could have significant health benefits for New Zealanders, a local study has shown.
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.
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.
Researchers unable to explain higher health risk for children in facilities.
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.
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.