nutrition

New research by Cenovis Kids has shown that despite the best intentions of parents, more than a third of Australian children aged four to 11 aren’t eating their minimum daily amount of fruit and vegetables – and nearly a quarter of eight to 11 year olds aren’t eating any vegetables at all.

Heart disease is a problem for men rather than women, who need to be aware of more important health risks like breast cancer – right? Wrong: heart disease is the leading killer of Australian women, and the Heart Foundation is spending June helping us find ways to address our risk.

This Thai beef salad recipe is from the Lose Baby Weight 28 Day Diet and Exercise Plan, a weight loss plan for mums created by nutrition and exercise experts.

Simple lifestyle changes can help us reduce some of the risk of developing cancer: but some preventive measures are better-known than others. Most Australians are now aware that not smoking and reducing their UV exposure can help, but they may not be aware of other messages around diet, exercise and alcohol consumption.

As a young girl, Janella Purcell always struggled with her weight. Her family ate ‘beautiful, home-cooked’ meals prepared by her Lebanese mother, but Janella kept gaining weight, developing digestive problems and endometriosis as a young girl.

It’s a commonplace expression but when it comes to real-life pregnancy experiences—researchers really need to know that mums really think. That’s why Newcastle researchers are asking mums to open up about what they felt about being pregnant, and also how they felt after they gave birth.