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Health Minutes - 11 August 2008
An Israeli trial has compared three diets: a traditional-low fat/low-calorie diet, a reduced-calorie Mediterranean diet, and a low-carb diet.
Health Minutes - 07 July 2008
A study of 38,000 men has found that unless you're extremely obese, cardiorespiratory fitness can abolish the risk of dying of cancer associated with being overweight.
Health: Healthy Living - 24 June 2008
Finding the 'best' exercise to burn fat is less important than keeping at it.
Health Minutes - 29 April 2008
A review of the available evidence from weight loss trials shows it's possible to get weight off and keep it off.
Health Minutes - 17 April 2008
One in 20 cancers in post menopausal women can be blamed on being overweight or obese.
Health Minutes - 02 April 2008
Losing weight is hard; keeping it off is harder still. Can it be done, and how? US researchers compared some strategies.
Health Minutes - 25 March 2008
Adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus is becoming more common in rich countries. An Australian study has found that obesity is one of the major risk factors.
Health Minutes - 20 February 2008
Researchers have found that like adults, when children are put on a weight loss program they fail to keep off the weight, and need a program that maintains their weight loss.
Health: Your Stories - 07 February 2008
Alex Bennett lost 15 kilograms in six months. The bonus? He no longer needs medication for blood pressure, gastric reflux or cholesterol.
Health: Quizzes - 17 January 2008
Calculate your body mass index and check your waist measurement.
Health: Features - 17 January 2008
What's the best way to lose weight - diet or exercise? Should you count each kilojoule? Must you jog at dawn? Here's the bottom line on what works.
Health: Quizzes - 20 December 2007
Do you find it hard to stay motivated when it comes to looking after your health? It may help to match your lifestyle changes with your thinking style.
Health: The Pulse - 13 December 2007
Scientists from nine universities in four countries have identified the lifestyle risk factors for cancer. Read them and live.
Health: The Pulse - 06 December 2007
Obese and overweight people can live as long as those with a normal weight. The question is, how disabled will they be?
Health: The Pulse - 29 November 2007
Walking with a pedometer will help you lose weight and lower blood pressure, say US researchers.
Health Minutes - 30 October 2007
Researchers at Harvard Medical School have looked at how people's social network can influence them to put on or lose weight.
Health Minutes - 23 October 2007
Research in the US has found that oral glucosamine in doses used to treat arthritis may worsen insulin resistance.
Health Minutes - 23 October 2007
Melbourne researchers found Australians got fatter during the 80s and 90s, but now the bulge may be shrinking.
Health: Talking Health - 18 October 2007
What's been your experience – did you put on weight when you gave up cigarettes?
Health: Healthy Living - 16 October 2007
Strength training tones your body and boosts your metabolism.
Health Minutes - 02 October 2007
One way doctors give a medication is via a deep muscular injection in the buttock. But increasingly patients are getting so obese the needle doesn't reach past the fat to the muscle.
Health Minutes - 12 September 2007
Research suggests that being overweight may paradoxically reduce death rates in people with heart failure.
Health Minutes - 28 August 2007
A study of 48,000 older women on a low-fat diet found they lost over two kilos in the first year and had maintained a half-kilo reduction several years later.
Health: The Pulse - 16 August 2007
Rather than your weight, your waistline is the best key to judge your risk of diabetes, heart disease and stroke.
Health Minutes - 15 August 2007
Researchers have identified nine causes of cancer worldwide - smoking, alcohol, obesity and six others. Over 2.4 million deaths annually are linked to one or more or these preventable risk factors.
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