Kids tricked into unhealthy food choices
Children are being tricked into unhealthy food choices by marketers who make misleading nutritional claims and use celebrities to endorse their products, according to research by an anti-obesity action group.
Children are being tricked into unhealthy food choices by marketers who make misleading nutritional claims and use celebrities to endorse their products, according to research by an anti-obesity action group.
Mobile phones, essential as they are, get us into trouble sometimes.
It is seen as a low calorie energy boost, but too much coffee could still make you put on weight.
Workers who feel sick might find it tougher to get a medical certificate from their doctor, as a review is underway into how the certificates are issued.
Over the past 19 weeks we have been examining and clearing through some common limiting beliefs and habits of thought that can keep us stuck in a life we don’t love.
Each week Rachel Grunwell tries a new sport to bring you the lowdown.
The 5:2 fasting diet is the publishing sensation of the year and has catapulted former fashion editor Mimi Spencer to new realms of success. She explains the how and why to Richard Godwin.
Trying to lose weight and keep it off for good? You're doomed to failure, says Massey University's Dr Andrew Dickson.
The majority of fitness fanatics are the pits at keeping their workout kit clean, with many confessing to only washing their sweaty rags after every third visit to the gym.
Breathing difficulties during sleep may be an early warning sign of future Alzheimer's disease, researchers believe.
Here's an interesting thing. As we clear up the habits of thought that have kept us stuck, many clients will get to a point where they know exactly what it is that they need to do to be happier.
Each week Rachel Grunwell tries a new sport to bring you the lowdown.
Even celebrities are mortal. They share our genes and, like us, cannot escape their inheritance.
If this was Angelina Jolie's masterplan to divert attention away from her upper thigh, which she flashed to worldwide acclaim last year at the Oscars, it was an extraordinarily dramatic one.
Angelina Jolie has had a preventative mastectomy after learning she had a gene that significantly raised her risk of breast cancer. Here's what you need to know.
Doctors and genetic counselors warn Angelina Jolie's medical situation was very specific, and that her course of action made sense for only a small category of women.
Each week Rachel Grunwell tries a new sport to bring you the lowdown.
Tired? Stressed? Unhappy and pressed for time? Well broadcaster Wallace Chapman has some words of advice for you, writes Greg Dixon.
'The stuff of Nobel prizes': Half a million sufferers of back pain 'could be cured with antibiotics'
Blackcurrants can help people stay alert and reduce mental fatigue, a New Zealand study has found.
The sights, smells and sounds of a hospital are a major factor in how patients respond to treatment, an international pioneer of the science of placebo says.
Women may be biologically wired to be more vulnerable to eating disorders, according to new research.
It’s been a crazy busy couple of months as I race to get my book finished by the deadline.
Each week Rachel Grunwell tries a new sport to bring you the lowdown.
Next time, show restraint. It's the best hangover 'cure', reckons Don Kavanagh.
When homeopathy is taught at tertiary institutions it lends the controversial practice an elevated level of credibility, writes Shelley Bridgeman.
Next time you fly, here's the perfect excuse to switch off your laptop, put down the crossword and settle in with a drink and an in-flight movie.