Nearly a year ago, Education Minster Anne Tolley announced the scrapping of a mandate for healthy foods in schools: “As […]
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ODT: Low-GI sugar comes in for caning
John Lewis of the Otago Daily Times reports that new, low-GI sugar is not the answer to New Zealand’s problems […]
Continue readingBody mass index and mortality – the risks of being obese
A new study was published in The Lancet this month, which looked at body mass index (BMI) and cause-specific mortality […]
Continue readingObesity during pregnancy increases the risk of birth defects
A new study published in the February 11 issue of JAMA found that pregnant mothers who were overweight or obese […]
Continue readingControversy over ‘fat tax’
We are in the grips of an obesity epidemic here in New Zealand, with one in three adults now overweight […]
Continue readingMedical myths for the festive season
A new study published in the Christmas edition of the British Medical Journal looks at a number of holiday myths […]
Continue readingControversy over TV3’s hit show Downsize Me
TV3’s weight loss series, Downsize Me ended recently amid controversy over the accuracy of some of the nutritional information, and […]
Continue readingLack of sleep in childhood linked to risk of adult obesity
New research from the University of Otago, published in the journal Pediatrics yesterday, has found that a lack of sleep […]
Continue readingNew Research: Promising new weight loss drug
A study published in The Lancet on 23 October investigates the effects of a new drug, tesofensine, on weight loss […]
Continue readingObesity linked to childhood ‘clumsiness’
A paper published today in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) suggests that poor coordination in childhood is linked to an […]
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