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Jackie SinnertonHealth and social issues reporter

Jackie Sinnerton is an award winning journalist in the area of health for The Courier-Mail and Sunday Mail in Brisbane

IT’S like acupuncture, only less invasive, and it’s being hailed as a cure for our fattening cravings. But does it actually work?

QUEENSLANDERS got down to four minutes at the height of the millennium drought, but how have they been doing lately?

BARELY more than half of Queensland kids are eating salad, while those in poorer households are filling up on two poor choices.

BODY image disorder is often associated with young women, but an alarming number of young men are taking it to another extreme.

ALCOHOL abuse and its social toll might seem at an all-time high, but there is another more encouraging trend at play.

IT’S the radical plan to tackle Queensland’s worsening child obesity rate. But authorities aren’t convinced.

IT’S a family profile that has become more common in recent years – and unfortunately it can make divorce more likely.

OUR youngest children are undergoing surgery at “crisis” levels, and it’s all because of a problem that could be easily prevented.

QUEENSLAND kids as young as seven are being treated for eating disorders – and a disturbing new lunch trend isn’t helping.

WHEN you’ve got nine mouths to feed for Christmas dinner and only $100 left in your pocket, how do you pull it off? Let this family show you…