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Listening to music adds 19 minutes to average workout

Turning on your favourite tune could add as much as 19 minutes to the average workout, a study has found.

Early bedtime thwarts childhood obesity

Winning the fight against childhood obesity could be a few extra hours of sleep away.

Up your daily calcium intake this Healthy Bones Week

262 people are hospitalised each day because of osteoporotic fractures, as bone experts predict this number will rise.

Do you carry the “hunger gene”?

Do you always find room for dessert or seconds? You could be living with the “hunger gene”, along with more than half of the population.

Is your child getting enough sleep?

Is your child lacking energy or gaining weight unexpectedly? They may be sleep-deprived.

Children as young as 10 aspire to be thinner

Kids as young as 10 are unhappy with their bodyweight and feel the need to shed some kilos, a UK study has revealed.

Eating insects better for waistlines & environment

Incorporating insects into our diet could hold the answer to the obesity problem, as well as combat greenhouse gas emissions.

Obesity obsession

British researchers believe our society’s growing obsession with obesity is causing many underweight children to go unnoticed.

Fasting curbs diabetes & cardiovascular disease

Intermittent fasting is not only for weight-control, it could also help sufferers of cardiovascular disease and diabetics.

Losing weight, the Parisian way

Jean-Michel Cohen’s Parisian Diet has been winning over the weight-conscious thanks to its focus on delicious French cuisine.

New dietary regulations spark anger

The Australian dietary guidelines have again been rewritten to better target the obesity problem – but they have angered food suppliers, with their strict new labeling and sugar restrictions.

Labelling calorie count on menus curbs over-eating

A push to show diners just how many calories are on restaurant menu items may prevent over-eating, new research suggests.

Could an early lunch help you lose more weight?

Need to shed those last few kilos? The answer to reaching your ultimate weight-loss goals may be as easy as watching the clock!

The power of excercise

Personal Trainer David Welsh is back to talk to us about importance of nutrition and the power of exercise in maintaining a healthy body weight. He divulges his tried and tested tips and explains why carbohydrates are our friends.

Natural weight loss

Naturopath Polly Rea explains why exercise is equally as important to your wellbeing as healthy eating. She discusses why being more aware and more creative with your diet and lifestyle is key to healthy weight loss.

Cooking skills key to healthy weight loss

Women in search of a healthier lifestyle are being encouraged to ‘grab an apron and get creative in the kitchen’, as part of Healthy Weight Week.

One in Four New Year’s Resolutions Have Already Failed

While 50% of us have made at least one new year’s resolution, research sadly shows that 88% of these will fail.

FITNESS: Shape up

As the weather warms up, so, too, does our  desire to tone our bodies and shed any unwanted winter weight gain. Weight training is a great way to do it, we show you how.

Walktober

Walktober is happening next month, so we caught up with Fiona Bailey, CEO of Physical Activity Australia, to find out how we can stave off obesity and what we can do to increase the amount of physical activity in our daily life.

The total life diet

Shamala Ratnesar, author of Total Life Diet, teaches us how to clean up our life, from the diets we should avoid, to easy-to-follow lifestyle changes.

Binge Eating: the other eating disorder

It may be lesser known, but binge eating is actually more common than other eating disorders. MiNDFOOD’s leading psychologist Dr Mary Grogan tells us more.

Effortless weight loss

After a lifetime of dieting Jon Gabriel decided to change the way he thought about weight-gain, and lost 180kg as a result. His effortless weightloss method is not about starving yourself, but about returning to ‘real food’.

MiNDFOOD Radio featuring Jacqueline Hellyer & John Gabriel

This week we talk to John Gabriel who has developed the Gabriel method, a new way of thinking about weight loss and we talk to resident sex therapist Jacqueline Hellyer about intimacy.

Strength to Strength fitness gallery

Resistance training doesn’t bulk you up, but it does give your muscles definition. Do these simple exercises indoors or out.

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