Why BMI could be a thing of the past
A new approach to detecting and treating obesity could help in the prevention, management and treatment in adults and children living with obesity, new research says.
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Call for tourist ban on Aussie island
Residents south of Perth have called on the state government to ban visitors to a popular island to protect a species whose numbers have dwindled by 97 per cent.
‘Forever surfing’: Shark victim farewelled
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Flat earthers admit defeat in Antarctica bet
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