If you follow child nutrition content on social media, you’re bound to be confused when it comes to giving your kids milk. Here’s what the evidence actually says.
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Lipoedema affects how fat is stored in the body and can cause pain, bruising and reduced mobility.
Weight loss is beneficial for your health – even if it requires a few attempts to get to your goal weight.
GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy aid in weight loss by suppressing appetite. Researchers are looking next at how the body expends energy – including through fat.
Because we can’t make enough omega-3s on our own, we need to get them from food or, sometimes, supplements.
The evolutionary science of weight regain unpacked.
The often-heated and frequently misinformed debate on vegetable oils misses the real point.
We fed people milkshakes containing 130g of fat to see what it did to their brains.
Which one contains the most fat, skim milk or light milk? How about protein or calcium? A nutrition researcher explains.
A team of researchers discovered that taking omega-3 supplements can reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
An exercise science specialist defines this nutrition term you might hear tossed around by people who are focused on a particular diet.
Gelato is the Italian word for any type of ice cream. But in Australia, gelato refers to the frozen dessert of Italian origin. No wonder it’s confusing.
A new TikTok trend claims adding a teaspoon of cinnamon to your daily coffee for one week can help you burn fat. Is there any truth to this?
Here are some cheaper, healthy alternatives to olive oil.
The mass-produced wholegrain bread you buy from the supermarket isn’t harmful to your health, even though it’s an ‘ultra-processed’ food. Your overall diet matters more.
Does weight come back when you stop taking drugs like Ozempic? Are these medications simply another (expensive) form of yo-yo dieting? Here’s what we know so far.
South Africa’s national survey of food and nutrition security identifies the areas most in need.
Weight loss can seem like an impossible, unachievable task. But you don’t need to lose a lot of weight to start noticing the health benefits.
Although you get your fatty acid levels routinely checked at the doctor’s, rarely do clinicians and researchers consider the effects of their potentially harmful byproducts.
Ads for targeted fat loss, especially
for belly fat, are everywhere on social media. But is there any evidence to support this type of ‘spot reduction’?
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