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| UpdatedAfter receiving more than 7,000 emails in support of her sharing her own body image story, Taryn Brumfitt helps share other people's experiences in the documentary Embrace.
Topics: womens-health, women, social-media, documentary, film-movies, exercise-and-fitness, diet-and-nutrition, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedThe impending arrival of a new pizza franchise in historic Castlemaine prompts debate about local heritage, the economy and community health.
Topics: diet-and-nutrition, regional, food-and-beverage, castlemaine-3450
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| UpdatedAustralian researchers uncover new evidence explaining why using artificial sweeteners might lead people to put on weight.
Topics: medical-research, diet-and-nutrition, sydney-2000
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It is hoped a large world leading, technology-focussed study of young Australians will boost strategies for improving health and diet.
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| Updated"The time has come for the Pacific media to join the fight, it is time to report from the war zone and to bring every weapon in the media arsenal to bear on this killer. It is time for the media to open a new front in this battle for the very existence of the Pacific people."
Topics: health, health-policy, diet-and-nutrition, pacific
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| UpdatedA growing movement of women is revolting against #wellness and embracing indulgent, non-diet foods. But is their new obsession just as problematic?
Topics: women, diet-and-nutrition, womens-health, eating-disorders, internet-culture, social-media
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| UpdatedThe first-ever regional summit on non-communicable diseases had an ambitious agenda to find answers to the crisis that is said to be killing the Pacific.
Topics: health, diet-and-nutrition, smoking, cancer, respiratory-diseases, pacific
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| UpdatedAn alliance of farmers and processors has labelled the Greens' proposal for a 20 per cent tax on sugary drinks as an attack on regional jobs.
Topics: sugar, agricultural-prices, government-and-politics, tax, health, political-parties, greens, diet-and-nutrition, agricultural-marketing, federal-elections, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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| UpdatedTraditional foods could provide dietary and economic health for Aboriginal communities, says a nurseryman who specialises in edible native plants.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, aboriginal, agricultural-crops, health, diet-and-nutrition, lifestyle-and-leisure, food-and-cooking, agricultural-marketing, dubbo-2830, bourke-2840
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Australia's consumer watchdog is taking food giant Heinz to court over its Little Kids Shredz products, which the ACCC allege is mostly sugar.
Topics: health, infant-health, child-health-and-behaviour, diet-and-nutrition, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, australia
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| UpdatedThere's little good news about the problems of obesity, smoking and other lifestyle disease in the Pacific.
Topics: health, health-policy, diet-and-nutrition, exercise-and-fitness, obesity, smoking, pacific, tonga
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| UpdatedThe 2016 Global Nutrition report is warning that malnutrition is rising in virtually every country in the world.
Topics: diet-and-nutrition, obesity, pacific
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A Melbourne researcher says it's not realistic to continue consuming farmed livestock at the current rate and that eating feral animals can be a step towards a more sustainable Australian diet.
Topics: diet-and-nutrition, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, pest-management, pests, beef-cattle, livestock, environmental-impact, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedWhat exactly is the raw food diet and where did it (and its delicious snacks) spring from?
Topics: diet-and-nutrition, health, australia
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| UpdatedWith so many fad diets on the market, how can you tell the good from the bad? Here are some red flags to keep an eye out for.
Topics: diet-and-nutrition, health, australia
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The New South Wales Food Authority defends its decision to approve the sale of an unpasteurised milk product, saying the company involved was subject to a two year, rigorous approval process.
Topics: diet-and-nutrition, food-safety, food-processing, dairy-production, nsw
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| UpdatedMost Australians can do better when it comes to making good, healthy food choices. Take our quiz to test your understanding of the average Australian diet — the results might surprise you.
Topics: health, diet-and-nutrition, australia
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| UpdatedAvoiding bloating and flatulence are why many Australians choose to not consume dairy products, but this growing social trend could have serious health ramifications, a CSIRO researcher warns.
Topics: diet-and-nutrition, medical-research, health, dairy-production, human-interest, adelaide-5000
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Belle Gibson engaged in "unconscionable conduct" while promoting her health app, says Victoria's consumer watchdog.
Topics: fraud-and-corporate-crime, lifestyle-and-leisure, diet-and-nutrition, health, diseases-and-disorders, cancer, social-media, internet-culture, information-and-communication, vic
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| UpdatedThe popular diet, known as the Paleo diet, is more effective for weight loss than following the recommended Australian dietary guidelines, new research finds.
Topics: diet-and-nutrition, health, wa