Nutrition & Weight topics
Safe eating and drinking
Read on to ensure that you and your family eat and drink safely at home, when dining out and when travelling.
Alcohol and Christmas: tips
Here are some tips to see you through the festive season intact!
Antibiotics: death prompts calls to limit use in farming
A death linked to multidrug-resistant bacteria identical to those found in poultry has prompted calls to reduce use of antibiotics in farming.
Asthma and dairy foods
This special feature explores the asthma and dairy foods debate. Find out if milk is safe for your child with asthma.
Asthma and food
Food or drinks are not common triggers of asthma. A bad reaction to a food may be caused by either a true food allergy or, more commonly, a food intolerance.
BBQ brushes a hidden health hazard
The backyard barbecue harbours surprising dangers, physicians warn after noting 6 cases of accidental ingestion of wire bristles from grill brushes.
BPA linked to heart disease
BPA (bisphenol-A), a commonly used plastic chemical found in food and drink packaging, has been linked to heart disease.
Caffeine poisoning rises due to energy drinks
Alarming rise in caffeine poisoning cases leads Australian researchers to call for better labelling of caffeinated energy drinks.
Cassava chips with cyanide may be on sale
Cassava chips containing cyanide up to levels that could be lethal to small children may still be on sale in Australia, a study shows.
Dehydration
Dehydration is the excessive loss of body fluids. Our bodies need a certain amount of fluid daily to maintain all the body systems with the minimum considered to be 4 glasses of fluid per day (the ideal amount is considered to be 8 glasses).
Drinking water
Along with oxygen, water is one of the 2 most essential materials for human life.
Eating out safely
The Food Safety Information Council has stressed the importance of education on food handling and safety procedures.
Eggs in your baby's diet
Many parents are wary about including eggs in the diet of their babies, but research has shown that these fears are unfounded.
Food allergies found in 10 per cent of babies
An allergy epidemic may be underway, with more than 10 per cent of Australian babies allergic to peanuts, raw egg, sesame, cow's milk or shellfish.
Food allergy
A food allergy is an immune response triggered by eating specific foods that cause certain well known symptoms to develop.
Food poisoning
Food poisoning is caused by eating food contaminated with harmful amounts of bacteria.
Food poisoning from eggs increasing
Salmonella poisoning from eggs is increasing in Australia, experts say, after analysing almost a decade of data on foodborne disease.
Food poisoning: eggs cause one in 5 outbreaks
Eggs appear to be responsible for nearly one in 5 outbreaks of food-borne illness in Australia.
Food tips for travellers
Here are some tips for eating and drinking safely while you travel.
Fruit and lung function
Eating fresh fruit on a regular basis has been shown to improve lung function in children.
Gluten and gluten-free diet
Find out the importance of a gluten-free diet for people with coeliac disease or dermatitis herpetiformis and discover which foods contain gluten and which do not.
Healthy food and drinks can erode teeth
Some so-called `healthy` foods can erode our teeth.
Healthy holiday eating: quick tips
Here are some tips to help you stay healthy and avoid illnesses carried in food and water when you are travelling.
Labels good news for allergy sufferers
New food label requirements have been released by the Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA) that aim to assist allergy sufferers and inform consumers what is in their food.
Lactose intolerance
Find out about the symptoms, tests and treatments for lactose intolerance.
Listeria-infected rockmelons spark warning
US listeria outbreak linked to rockmelons prompts WHO to warn that food-borne disease outbreaks are growing global threat.
The science of gene technology
Gene technology is indispensible to our health and wellbeing.
Vitamin A poisoning from eating fish livers
Eating the liver of carnivorous fish may lead to food poisoning caused by toxic levels of vitamin A, doctors warn.
Here are some tips to see you through the festive season intact!
Antibiotics: death prompts calls to limit use in farming
A death linked to multidrug-resistant bacteria identical to those found in poultry has prompted calls to reduce use of antibiotics in farming.
Asthma and dairy foods
This special feature explores the asthma and dairy foods debate. Find out if milk is safe for your child with asthma.
Asthma and food
Food or drinks are not common triggers of asthma. A bad reaction to a food may be caused by either a true food allergy or, more commonly, a food intolerance.
BBQ brushes a hidden health hazard
The backyard barbecue harbours surprising dangers, physicians warn after noting 6 cases of accidental ingestion of wire bristles from grill brushes.
BPA linked to heart disease
BPA (bisphenol-A), a commonly used plastic chemical found in food and drink packaging, has been linked to heart disease.
Caffeine poisoning rises due to energy drinks
Alarming rise in caffeine poisoning cases leads Australian researchers to call for better labelling of caffeinated energy drinks.
Cassava chips with cyanide may be on sale
Cassava chips containing cyanide up to levels that could be lethal to small children may still be on sale in Australia, a study shows.
Dehydration
Dehydration is the excessive loss of body fluids. Our bodies need a certain amount of fluid daily to maintain all the body systems with the minimum considered to be 4 glasses of fluid per day (the ideal amount is considered to be 8 glasses).
Drinking water
Along with oxygen, water is one of the 2 most essential materials for human life.
Eating out safely
The Food Safety Information Council has stressed the importance of education on food handling and safety procedures.
Eggs in your baby's diet
Many parents are wary about including eggs in the diet of their babies, but research has shown that these fears are unfounded.
Food allergies found in 10 per cent of babies
An allergy epidemic may be underway, with more than 10 per cent of Australian babies allergic to peanuts, raw egg, sesame, cow's milk or shellfish.
Food allergy
A food allergy is an immune response triggered by eating specific foods that cause certain well known symptoms to develop.
Food poisoning
Food poisoning is caused by eating food contaminated with harmful amounts of bacteria.
Food poisoning from eggs increasing
Salmonella poisoning from eggs is increasing in Australia, experts say, after analysing almost a decade of data on foodborne disease.
Food poisoning: eggs cause one in 5 outbreaks
Eggs appear to be responsible for nearly one in 5 outbreaks of food-borne illness in Australia.
Food tips for travellers
Here are some tips for eating and drinking safely while you travel.
Fruit and lung function
Eating fresh fruit on a regular basis has been shown to improve lung function in children.
Gluten and gluten-free diet
Find out the importance of a gluten-free diet for people with coeliac disease or dermatitis herpetiformis and discover which foods contain gluten and which do not.
Healthy food and drinks can erode teeth
Some so-called `healthy` foods can erode our teeth.
Healthy holiday eating: quick tips
Here are some tips to help you stay healthy and avoid illnesses carried in food and water when you are travelling.
Labels good news for allergy sufferers
New food label requirements have been released by the Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA) that aim to assist allergy sufferers and inform consumers what is in their food.
Lactose intolerance
Find out about the symptoms, tests and treatments for lactose intolerance.
Listeria-infected rockmelons spark warning
US listeria outbreak linked to rockmelons prompts WHO to warn that food-borne disease outbreaks are growing global threat.
The science of gene technology
Gene technology is indispensible to our health and wellbeing.
Vitamin A poisoning from eating fish livers
Eating the liver of carnivorous fish may lead to food poisoning caused by toxic levels of vitamin A, doctors warn.
