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Nudity is the stuff of nightmares for most Australians - but for Germans it’s about connecting with nature.

Germans get it. We need to stop being so hung up about our naked bodies

Like many Australians, I had anxieties about my body. Getting nude in front of strangers has made all the difference.

  • Liam Heitmann-Ryce-LeMercier

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Bryan Johnson, known for embarking on outlandish health treatments to regain the body of a teenager, saw his face ‘blow up’.

Millionaire injects himself in attempt to ‘age backwards’. His face then ‘blows up’

Bryan Johnson wanted to restore volume to his face to counteract his strict vegan diet, which had left him looking gaunt.

  • Benedict Smith
Ozempic ‘alternatives’ are flooding social media.

‘Ozempic alternatives’ are everywhere. Here’s what you should know

Supplements promising similar results to Ozempic have taken over social media, but the TGA and health experts have concerns.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Harrison Kefford is a Melbourne-based writer living with Crohn’s disease.

‘I knew what sex looked like for me’: Love and dating with Crohn’s

Living with a chronic illness can shroud intimacy and dating in feelings of shame and fear. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Actor Olivia Munn stars in the latest campaign for underwear brand Skims.

‘I’m done being insecure’: Olivia Munn bares mastectomy scars

The actor has spoken about her decision to show her mastectomy scars in the latest campaign for Skims.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Margot Robbie in April, 2024.

No, Margot Robbie hasn’t ‘let herself go’. She’s pregnant

From “pregnancy nose” to bump size, why are we still judging pregnant bodies in 2024?

  • Shona Hendley
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Demi Moore in a scene from The Substance.

Why Demi Moore’s body-horror movie is so compelling, despite the truth it’s missing

The Substance exposes brilliantly the tortures women put themselves and their bodies through. It is bleakly true, but there’s a bigger, and happier, truth for all women.

  • Julia Baird
Lisa Chalmers, director of health and wellbeing at Barkers College at Barkers College

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.

  • Henrietta Cook
More men are seeking a youthful-boost via testosterone therapy or boosters. They are not risk-free.

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.

  • Sarah Berry
The ability to enjoy our lives is a cost of body-shame.

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.

  • Sarah Berry

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