obesity
For the first time, a diabetes drug has been approved for weight management in people without diabetes.
New research published innbsp;PLOS ONEnbsp;suggests a break from dieting could lead to more efficient weight loss.
Australian researchers have found chromium is partially converted into a carcinogenic form when it enters cells, with increased risk associated with taking the nutritional supplementnbsp;in high doses or in the long term.
Health, wellbeing and weight is more than a gut feeling, itrsquo;s about how the gut is working.
La Trobe University scientists have discovered the cause of cachexia, the muscle wasting disease that kills up to one third of all cancer patients.
A huge international study of global causes of death has revealed high blood pressure is the number-one individual risk factor associated with Australian deaths, contributing to 28,500 deaths a year.nbsp;
An international group of researchers have found that food craving activates different brain networks between obese and normal weight patients. This indicates that the tendency to want food may be hard-wiredrsquo; into the brain of overweight patients, becoming a functional brain biomarker.
A weight loss pill could soon be possible thanks to the work of Deakin University medical researchers.
A community-led approach to improve the long-term health of residents in the Yarriambiack Shire was launched in Warracknabeal on Friday 17 July 2015.
Fear of weight gain is a commonly cited reason for not quitting smoking, despite evidence that quitting will result in better overall health.