Nutrition
Guidelines on how to feed your baby are shifting... again
Once, allergenic foods were avoided, now they are recommended within the first year.
- by Sarah Berry
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Analysis
The woman should get the steak: how gender norms are compromising diet
Women fail to consume enough iron and calcium. Why?
- by Mary Ward
Nutrition
African islands send SOS as climate change worsens health
African island states say they need more help to cope with the health impacts of climate change.
- by Nellie Peyton
Nutrition
The paleo fantasy provides a lesson in the reality of diets
There never has been a time humans lived in an entirely healthy, "natural" way.
- by Sarah Berry
Nutrition
A third of Australians' energy intake comes from junk: report
The report found the types of 'discretionary food' we consume changes as we age.
- by Mary Ward
Science
This food is absurdly good for you, so go nuts!
Reduced risk of stroke. Reduced risk of cancer. Reduced risk of heart disease. Maybe even reduced ‘all-cause mortality’.
- by Liam Mannix
Nutrition
Explainer: Sugar in fruit is rising. Is it bad for me?
The rising level of sugar in fruit is not a concern for human health, experts say.
- by Liam Mannix
Diet
Is there such thing as 'vegan depression'?
An Australian psychologist is trying to have vegan depression recognised as a condition.
- by Linda Moon
Diet
Everything you've wanted to know about nutrition, but were too afraid to ask
With so many confusing messages about what's good for you, it's hard to know what to eat these days.
- by Cara McGoogan
Nutrition
What are 'nightshade' vegetables? And should you be avoiding them?
If you read wellness blogs, you might be led to believe a certain group of vegetables called 'nightshade vegetables' are bad for you.
- by Duane Mellor & Nenad Naumovski
Food
'We're thrifty': How Lauren justifies spending most of her food budget on organics
There are six types of organic food shoppers, including the devoted, the dabbling and the cynical, according to new data. Which one are you?
- by Esther Han