Diet
Virgie Tovar: You have the right to remain fat!
Virgie Tovar is a healthy plus sized woman and the champion of a movement called "lose the hate not the weight". She's also just released a new book: You Have the Right to Remain Fat. Audio
Meat that's not meat: the impact of alternative proteins
Following the reaction to Air New Zealand offering a meat-free burger on some flights, we take a closer look at the world of alternative proteins. Plant and Food research scientist Dr Jocelyn Eason… Audio
When training hard damages young women athletes
Why are women training to breaking point without eating enough ? What is it doing to their bodies? And what's being done to address the problem? Audio
How quiet classical music can help your waistline
Researchers have discovered listening to quiet classical music can help you make better diet choices. Video, Audio
The link between diet and depression
Evidence is growing that the mediterranian diet can be good for a healthy mind as well as a healthy body. Audio
Elite rugby players prone to body image issues too
A new study has found that despite being in peak physical shape, elite rugby players are not immune to worrying about their weight and looking good. Researchers from the University of Otago questioned… Audio
How healthy is your gut?
Author and science journalist Michael Mosley turns his attention to our insides in the new book The Clever Guts Diet. Audio
Controversial view on fat
An Australian university venue is being used to host Christine Cronau who advocates foods high in saturated fat. Audio
Saturated Fat and Heart Disease
There can be a lot of confusion and distrust surrounding dietary advice for diseases such as cardiovascular disease. Last week, we spoke with one of the authors of an opinion piece published in the… Audio
Fighting Obesity with a plant based diet
A new Gisborne-based study, suggests a plant-based whole-food diet may be the answer to reduce obesity and diabetes. Audio
'Tis the season for atonement
It’s the season of atonement for many of us, when the dues are paid for the holiday bacchanal. But is this a wrong-headed mindset? Audio
Sandra Amodt: why diets make us fat
When it comes to losing weight, food is not the enemy, your brain is. Audio
A diet for diabetes?
Type 2 diabetes, the body's inability to control blood glucose, is a major and growing public health issue here in New Zealand and across the world. In his new book 'The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet'… Audio
Could Alzheimers disease be preventable?
Alzheimers Disease and other forms of dementia may not be an inevitable part of ageing but preventable with some simple lifestyle changes, according to Oxford University emeritus professor David… Audio
Could Alzheimers disease be preventable?
Alzheimers Disease and other forms of dementia may not be an inevitable part of ageing but preventable with some simple lifestyle changes, according to Oxford University emeritus professor David…
AudioAre older people malnourished?
An Australian dietitian says older people are not eating properly - and some are malnourished - because they're dieting. Ngaire Hobbins is also a lecturer in dementia studies at the University of… Audio
Eat better, think better - diet and the brain
Psychologists and nutritionists at the University of Otago are studying how diet can have a positive impact on heart and brain health Audio
Hair of the kuri or Maori dog
Ecologist Cilla Wehi hopes that the hair and bones of kuri, or now extinct Maori dog, might hold clues to what they ate Audio