COVID-19, healthy habits and emotional wellbeing Lifestyle changes during the pandemic and their association with mental health have come into focus with two recent studies.
Hoping to get in shape for summer? Experts suggest ditching the fads in favour of a diet more likely to stick.
New dietary advice causes rethink of dairy, eggs, meat Full-fat dairy and eggs are back on the table, but Australians have been urged to rethink their red-meat intake.
Habit forming: Helping young people make good diet choices A website aims to help young Australians eat better, improve their overall health and reduce the risk of preventable disease as they grow older.
Increased meat consumption associated with early death Bad news for carnivores, as new research further strengthens the association between a shortened life span and consumption of red meat.
Report exposes Australia’s bad dietary habits Less than 5% of Australian adults eat the recommended amount of vegetables, while more than half are overweight or obese, the AIHW has found.
Should we design our diet around our DNA? Dietitian Melissa Adamski looks at nutritional genomics and the possible relationship between diet and DNA.
Foods to avoid during pregnancy Prenatal dietitian Melanie McGrice looks at some of the key foods patients should bypass during pregnancy.
Helping to meet the nutritional needs of patients on a vegan diet Vegan lifestyles are growing in popularity. Dietitian Nicole Dynan looks at how patients can best maintain nutrition when favouring a plant-based diet.
Why telling people they could get sick in the future won't persuade them to be healthy now Everyone knows smoking, consuming too much sugar and drinking too much alcohol will harm our long-term health – but many of us do these things anyway. Why?