Body image
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Healthcare
School nurses to weigh and identify kids at risk of obesity under contentious plan
The Australian College of Nursing is also calling for the “normalisation of collection and discussion of height and weight data of all children” as part of it contentious plan to curb rising obesity rates.
- by Henrietta Cook
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Testosterone boosters are popular among fit men. But are they safe?
Many healthy middle-aged men also see testosterone boosters as an anti-ageing strategy to restore their lean muscle, strength, sex drive and energy. They come with risks.
- by Sarah Berry
Opinion
Opinion
How to overcome the distaste we have for our middle-aged bodies
Poor body image and disordered eating in middle age is more common than you think. We can recover, but it doesn’t involve diets or more self-control.
- by Sarah Berry
Opinion
Olympics
Even better than gold, these Olympians have shown Aussie girls anything is possible
Until recently, girls have been dropping out of sports at record rates once they hit puberty, but this year’s Olympics are giving parents like me hope.
- by Shona Hendley
Opinion
Film & TV production
What makes Bridgerton so bingeable? It holds men to women’s beauty standards
The one thing we’ve learned over decades of watching actors arrive on the world stage and be labelled heartthrobs is that the burden of attractiveness rests much more easily on men than it does women.
- by Zoya Patel
Girls think their vulvas should look like Barbie’s. These experts want to change that
With a growing number of young women seeking cosmetic genital surgery, health professionals are on a mission to challenge the Barbie “ideal”.
- by Jewel Topsfield
Opinion
Opinion
Australians are the keenest nudists in the world. I want in
After a passenger was arrested for streaking 32,000 feet in the air on a Virgin flight, you have to wonder about the psychology behind getting your gear off.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Social media is making us forget what skin is meant to look like
Thanks to high-definition cameras and increasingly sophisticated filters, our obsession with having perfect skin has peaked.
- by Lauren Ironmonger
Opinion
Perth
There are plenty of weighty topics we should discuss. This isn’t one of them
Unless you are an allied health care professional, or you’re seeing a professional in a health care setting, consider not talking about your weight with others.
- by Marilyn Bromberg
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Does the desire to be thinner ever really go away?
Like most women, I thought the constant battle between my body and my brain would grow quiet as I grew older. But it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere for any of us.
- by Abbir Dib
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Diets, BMI and ‘bad’ foods axed: Eating disorders prompt curriculum overhaul
Hundreds of references to weight and the word “healthier” have also been removed, and replaced with terms such as “balanced nutrition”.
- by Henrietta Cook
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