Major studies recommending plant-based diets as healthier are based on bad data and flawed assumptions, a leading academic has said. The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study, which was published in ...

Nobody disputes that exercise improves health. Likewise, although the exact definition of a “healthy diet” varies, there is broad consensus that dietary intake also influences health. However, a ...

Aussies eat more ultra-processed foods than ever before, with busy lifestyles and personal choices often taking the blame as casual factors. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...

Dr Vivienne Lewis works for the University of Canberra and runs her own Clinical Psychology practice. How many of us recall having to calculate our body-mass index (BMI) as children at school, ...

Poor diet is the world's deadliest health risk, accounting for a fifth of all deaths, a study has shown. Eating unhealthily claims more lives than smoking because of its links to heart disease, cancer ...