Media Releases

LiveLighter has launched its Australia Day campaign that aims to encourage West Australians adults to get their bottoms up off the couch and get active.

An analysis of takeaway pizzas, including those from major national chains, supermarkets and gourmet independent outlets, showed more than half of the pizzas tested had more salt, sugar or fat in their products than stated on the company’s nutritional panels.

IIt’s that time of year where social occasions fill up the calendar and finding time to exercise and maintain healthy eating habits becomes harder. So aside from pledging the common New Year’s resolutions what can we do to beat the Christmas bulge?

Experts from the LiveLighter campaign are applauding peak health and community organisations today for their powerful letter to Coca-Cola asking them to take real action in tackling the obesity issue in Australia.

The LiveLighter Campaign is today urging West Australians to reduce their consumption of sugary drinks as a key strategy to reduce the growing rates of overweight and obesity.

McDonald's family value box contains over half an individual's daily energy requirement

Shock-tactic is helping West Australians LiveLighter.

Staff from the Lung Institute of Western Australia (LIWA) will base themselves around Perth this month, giving shoppers the opportunity to test their lungs and compete with the capital's top athletes and celebrities for Perth's Best Set of Lungs.

Deakin University findings are in line with the Heart Foundation's research that one in six Australians who are classified as obese rate their health as very good or excellent and only one in seven rating their health as poor.

It's that time of year again. Aussies are donning the team colours and reviving the old rivalries for the start of the footy season. But once again, the traditional tipping competition has been tainted by the spectre of unhealthy messages from junk food giants.