Lifestyle
Health & wellness
My day on a plate: Heather Lee
Race-walking champion Heather Lee shares her day on a plate.
- by Compiled by Nicole Economos
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Wellbeing
Why mindfulness may not be as effective as experts claim
If you learn to be present in each moment, happiness is all yours. At least, that’s the promise of mindfulness. The only problem? It’s impossible.
- by Megan Blandford
How my anorexia battle affected my relationship with my mother
Recovering anorexic Georgia Smit sits down with her mother to understand how the eating disorder affected her and their relationship.
- by Georgia Smit
How employers can design workplaces to promote wellness
People attending work while sick costs the Australian economy about $34.1 billion each year through lost productivity.
- by Libby Sander
Sarah Wilson to close I Quit Sugar
The last round of the program will run in early April.
- by Mary Ward
Drinking soft drink linked to cancer risk
People who regularly consume at least one soft drink a day, no matter the size of their waist, could be at increased risk of cancer, according to a new study.
- by Sarah Wiedersehn
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?
- by Adam Bulley & Thomas Suddendorf
Children aren’t starting puberty younger, medieval skeletons reveal
Children in medieval England entered puberty between ten and 12 years of age – the same as today.
- by Mary Lewis
Health
Squat the hell: Toddlers targeted in Ashy Bines’ new fitness program
Kids aged one to six can learn exercise routines and receive healthy eating tips in a new show by controversial fitness influencer.
- by Amber Schultz
Your genes won't affect weight loss: study
The study suggests genetic-based diets are pointless.
- by Sarah Wiedersehn
The surreal things women do to have their pain taken seriously
She's sixteen years old and she's screaming.
- by Jane Gilmore