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  • Fried chicken wing hits the stumps

    Junk food in sport – it’s just not cricket

    • Feb 09, 2023
    • by Jawaahir Alim

    Watching cricket in Australia means being bombarded with junk food advertising. You can’t ignore KFC branding when watching the BBL, with branding on banners around the grounds, players’ uniforms, the pitch, wickets and TV graphics.

  • Plate that looks like a clock

    Intermittent fasting – the good, the bad and the hungry

    • May 01, 2022
    • by Ellen Hart

    It’s 10.30AM and I am hungry. Very hungry. Some may even say hangry. I am this hungry because I’ve just started intermittent fasting. I’d heard a lot about fasting in the news and wanted to experiment with following this approach. Here’s what I learned and how I went.

  • Love your guts February

    Love your guts

    • Jan 31, 2022
    • by LiveLighter

    As part of our Love Your Guts February campaign we’re putting a spotlight on all things fibre and seeing how a little ol' roughage helps our gut bugs flourish.

  • The research is in: ‘better-for-you’ alcohol is just marketing spin

    • Nov 17, 2021
    • by Gael Myers, Danica Keric

    When an alcohol product claims to be low in sugar or carbs, organic, natural, or that it has nothing artificial, is it actually any better for us?

  • Sugary drinks are rotten for teeth

    Sugary drinks are rotten for teeth

    • Nov 08, 2021
    • by Dr Rebecca Williams

    The Australian Dental Association of WA has teamed up with LiveLighter to create a new campaign to help ditch sugary drinks and keep dentist visits quick and painless. Dr Rebecca Williams, paediatric dentist, gives us the rundown on why sugary drinks are rotten for teeth.

  • Mental health and diet

    Food and mood: what’s the link?

    • Oct 07, 2021
    • by Ellen Hart

    Excitingly, scientific research into what we eat and how it’s linked to our risk of developing mental health conditions and our mental wellbeing is growing. While there is still more to learn, researchers have been able to tease out some of the ways in which diet can alter our physiology, and the impact that this may have on mood.

  • Mediterranean diet

    6 ways to eat your way to better mental health

    • Oct 07, 2021
    • by Ellen Hart

    In support of Mental Health Week 2020 (and boy do we need it this year!), we've put together some practical tips to help you eat your way to better mental health.

  • A still image from the Menu App tv advert showing a man and woman preparing a meal

    Selling health: the art and science of public health campaigns

    • Jul 06, 2021
    • by James Stevens-Cutler

    Have you ever wondered what goes into creating a brand new health advertising campaign? Read on!

  • junk food in a lab

    Kitchen confidential: fast food industry tactics exposed

    • Apr 13, 2021
    • by Anne Finch

    If you’ve ever peeled open a burger to shove shreds of limp lettuce back into a puddle of semi-transparent mayonnaise and wondered… “why am I eating this again?”, we might have some answers for you.

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    Taking a stand on junk food

    • Mar 22, 2021
    • by Gael Myers, Ainslie Sartori

    We know that families are trying to stay healthy and eat well. But the world around us doesn’t make this easy, especially when the junk food industry is allowed to market their products to kids, and build their unhealthy outlets anywhere they want.