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Ultra-processed foods are trashing our health – and the planet

Image: Shutterstock Our world is facing a huge challenge: we need to create enough high-quality, diverse and nutritious food to feed a growing population –...

Appetite for convenience: how the surge in online food delivery could be harming our health

  Picture: Shutterstock With the simple touch of a smartphone, online food delivery services conveniently offer takeaway food straight to your door. Contact-free delivery has surged in popularity...

Combo meal deals and price discounts on fast food encourage us to eat more junk. It’s time for policy action

  Image: Shuttlestock Australians love to eat out, especially fast food. About a third of household food budgets are spent on food prepared outside the home, with...

We looked at the health star rating of 20,000 foods and this is what we found

Image: Shuttlestock As you read this, health officials are busy finalising the government’s review of the health star rating system on packaged foods. One of the issues...

If you took to growing veggies in the coronavirus pandemic, then keep it up when lockdown ends

Picture: Lynda Disher/Shutterstock The COVID-19 pandemic produced a run on the things people need to produce their own food at home, including vegetable seedlings, seeds and chooks. This turn...

Easter eggs can bring a little ‘normality’ to kids in isolation. But should we ration them or let kids eat how many they like?

Image: Shuttlestock This Easter will be especially challenging, with family isolation and many parents under financial strain, or other stressors. So, many parents will be looking...

The science behind diet trends like mono, charcoal detox, Noom and Fast800

Mono dieters restrict their intake to one food or food group per day. Alliance Images/Shutterstock Every year a new batch of diets become trendy. In...

Health Check: why do we crave comfort food in winter?

You’re not imagining it. Our bodies really do crave macaroni cheese and other comfort foods as the temperature drops. Here’s why. It’s winter...

Four simple food choices that help you lose weight and stay healthy

You don’t have to quit bread, but make sure it’s wholegrain. Shutterstock It’s difficult to lose weight. And it’s even harder to keep it...

Five types of food to increase your psychological well-being

Foods that contain omega 3 have been found to increase brain function. from www.shutterstock.com We all know eating “healthy” food is good for our physical...
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