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Researchers say sedentary, non-active lifestyles are responsible for a whopping 5.3 million deaths worldwide, and the issue should be treated as a pandemic. The study, which was published in medical journal The Lancet, claims that people in higher income countries are the least active of all. Lead researcher Dr I-Min ...

How often do you take holidays? Not often enough it seems. A 2012 Roy Morgan study found that Aussies have 128 days of annual leave accrued – that equates to 350 000 years of holidays! It also found that 1 in 4 of full time employees are leave stockpilers. So ...

Here’s the profile of the average sufferer of chronic inflammation: has a diet high in sugar and processed foods, isn’t sleeping well, experiences prolonged stress, doesn’t get enough exercise and is carrying too much belly fat. Sound like anyone you know? Chances are that even if you don’t fit this profile, ...

The concept sounds too good to be true: Enjoy better health just by walking barefoot on the earth. It may seem a bit hippy-dippy, but research links this practice, known as “earthing”, to everything from reduced levels of inflammation and pain to improved sleep. Perhaps it’s a little odd to ...

One company’s food waste could be transformed into another’s treasure – or even a product that improves our health and wellbeing. This is the premise of research at the University of Sydney that’s investigating how discarded food can be rich in nutrients. Professor Fariba Dehghani, of the university’s school of ...

Most of us have tried seaweed, thanks to sushi. But would you be willing to dine on jellyfish, sea cucumber or sea urchin? Asian nations have been consuming them for centuries, and a growing number of experts say we should be, too. The calls come as the UN Food and ...

Many of us have thought about leaving Facebook, or actually gone through with it, swearing there’s no way we’ll be going back. But for some reason, a week or so later we find ourselves logging right back into that very FB account. Why? Because it has us under its spell, ...

For those who manage to get through the week on 4-5 hours of shut eye a night, we’re sure we don’t need to tell you about the effects of sleep deprivation. Urgh! But what we are happy to announce is, that you might have a golden ticket to hit the ...