What America’s toilets tell us about the crappy lies rich people peddle
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What America’s toilets tell us about the crappy lies rich people peddle

The bogonomics of the United States is not a straightforward tale of a nation getting fatter.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness

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Chronic pain cases in Australia are soaring. There are three reasons why

Chronic pain cases in Australia are soaring. There are three reasons why

An estimated 3.2 million people had chronic pain in 2018,with that figure projected to increase to 5.2 million by 2050.

  • byAmber Schultz
Weight loss drugs are sweeping Australia. At some online stores,they’re alarmingly easy to get

Weight loss drugs are sweeping Australia. At some online stores,they’re alarmingly easy to get

Critics fear the new wave of weight-loss drugs are being entrusted to nascent start-ups that have to sell ever-growing quantities to survive.

  • byNick Bonyhady andNatassia Chrysanthos
‘The worst possible time’:Millions of dollars sliced from community health
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‘The worst possible time’:Millions of dollars sliced from community health

State government funding will be slashed from Victoria’s community health organisations including cuts to crucial preventative programs targeting vaping and obesity.

  • byMelissa Cunningham
Why diet,exercise and medications all have a role to play in weight loss

Why diet,exercise and medications all have a role to play in weight loss

People living with obesity have had the odds against them for decades. Now experts say society needs to recognise that prevention and treatment are different things.

  • byPaula Goodyer
‘This is the body I am meant to be in’:Why body image is in the spotlight

‘This is the body I am meant to be in’:Why body image is in the spotlight

Every time Australian of the Year Taryn Brumfitt talks about body image there is one question she is always asked:‘Doesn’t embracing your body - whatever it looks like - promote obesity?’

  • byJewel Topsfield andWendy Tuohy
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Rise of the downward dog:Australia’s most popular sports revealed
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Rise of the downward dog:Australia’s most popular sports revealed

More adults are practising yoga than playing soccer,golf or tennis,as individual activities squeeze out traditional team sports.

  • byAndrew Taylor
‘I watch my diet like a toddler near a pool’:Body mass,bias and the big shift in the weight debate

‘I watch my diet like a toddler near a pool’:Body mass,bias and the big shift in the weight debate

Experts want to reduce the stigma potentially preventing many of those with excess weight from accessing the healthcare they need.

  • byWendy Tuohy
Obesity treatments the new $40b pharma frontier

Obesity treatments the new $40b pharma frontier

Better science and promising weight-loss results from the new class of repurposed diabetes drugs are spurring a roaring comeback for medicines to treat obesity.

  • byRobert Langreth andEmma Court
A new weight-loss drug is having remarkable results. Could it also change the way we talk about obesity?

A new weight-loss drug is having remarkable results. Could it also change the way we talk about obesity?

Scientists and advocates say new anti-obesity drugs generating remarkable levels of weight loss in clinical trials will change the conversation about obesity away from it being a choice and towards it being a disease.

  • byLiam Mannix
‘Glued to their screens’:Australian children failing to get enough exercise

‘Glued to their screens’:Australian children failing to get enough exercise

A national plan to get kids moving has been urged following a study showing Australian children are more sedentary than those overseas.

  • byMaureen Dettre