Sep 26, 2024 | Healthy Living, What We're Talking About
Hayley O’Neill, Bond University Intermittent fasting has become a popular dietary approach to help people lose or manage their weight. It has also been promoted as a way to reset metabolism, control chronic disease, slow ageing and improve overall health....
Sep 26, 2024 | Kids and Teens Health, What We're Talking About
Nick Fuller, University of Sydney Have you ever found yourself negotiating with a pint-sized dictator about eating a single pea? You’re not alone. Almost half of kids go through a stage of picky eating, and this typically peaks around the age of three. Our...
Sep 18, 2024 | Mental Health, What We're Talking About
Nick Haslam, The University of Melbourne The language of mental ill health is inescapable. Diagnostic terms, such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), pervade popular culture and saturate the online world. They are the currency of countless news...
Sep 18, 2024 | Kids and Teens Health, What We're Talking About
Judith Ireland, The Conversation and Matt Garrow, The Conversation The Albanese government has announced it will introduce a social media ban for children. The government has not yet nominated a minimum age but is trialling age-assurance mechanisms for those aged...
Sep 18, 2024 | Exercise and Fitness, What We're Talking About
Jonathan Melville, Anglia Ruskin University and Matthew Slater, Anglia Ruskin University Running is a great form of exercise that has numerous benefits for our health. For instance, people who consistently run at least an hour a week throughout their lives tend to...
Sep 18, 2024 | Exercise and Fitness, What We're Talking About
Lindsay Bottoms, University of Hertfordshire Resistance-band exercises have been all over social media during the pandemic. In case you aren’t familiar with them, resistance bands are similar to an elastic band, usually made from a synthetic fibre like latex or...
Sep 4, 2024 | Exercise and Fitness, What We're Talking About
Juliette Stebbings, University of Portsmouth and Robert Rowland, University of Portsmouth Every week there seems to be a new fitness challenge trending online. But one that’s managed to remain popular over the last couple of years is the 75 Hard Challenge. On TikTok...
Sep 4, 2024 | Diet and Weightloss, What We're Talking About
Emma Beckett, University of Newcastle You’ve probably heard about the medication Ozempic, used to manage type 2 diabetes and as a weight loss drug. Ozempic (and the similar drug Wegovy) has had more than its fair share of headlines and controversies. A global supply...
Sep 4, 2024 | Menopause Symptoms, Symptoms news, The Third Act
Caroline Gurvich, Monash University; Jane Varney, Monash University, and Jayashri Kulkarni, Monash University While some women glide through menopause, more than 85% experience one or more unpleasant symptoms, which can impact their physical and mental health, daily...
Sep 4, 2024 | Colds and Flu, What We're Talking About
Thea van de Mortel, Griffith University The term “man flu” takes a humorous poke at men with minor respiratory infections, such as colds, who supposedly exaggerate their symptoms. According to the stereotype, a man lies on the sofa with a box of tissues. Meanwhile his...
