Posts Tagged ‘obesity’
February is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Ovarian cancer is the deadliest women’s cancer. Each day, four Australian women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer and each day, it claims the lives of three women. This February is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and Ovarian Cancer Australia (OCA) says it’s time to ovary-act. There is an urgent need to improve survival rates and increase ovarian…
Read MoreSweet poison
According to recent research, reducing sugar content of sweetened drinks could save the nation $8 billion per year and drastically decrease the number of people being affected by obesity-related diseases such as stroke, type 2 diabetes and kidney cancer. The findings, recently published by Nutrients Journal, have found that modifying the sugar content of…
Read MoreGrowing Australian waistline prompts calls for obesity disease status
Australia ranks among the world’s most obese nations Obesity is the single biggest threat to public health in Australia, with 14 million Australians either overweight or obese, sparking calls for a disease classification. Given obesity has overtaken smoking as the leading cause of premature death and illness in Australia, public health experts are calling for…
Read MoreInternational Food Revolution Day
He is funny, he is British and he is a wiz in the kitchen! You guessed it, it’s Jamie Oliver. Today is Food Revolution Day, the culmination of Jamie Oliver’s campaign to educate people on good food choices and fresh produce. This year the event is taking place across 72 nations, from Australia to America…
Read MoreChildhood obesity infographic featured in NYC’s Times Square
Thank you to our GLOBALHealthPR partner, Spectrum Science, for sharing this photo of the GLOBALHealthPR childhood obesity infographic beaming into Times Square in New York City! Congratulations Team Spectrum for raising awareness on this global issue. We have enjoyed working with you on this year’s social media listening project on childhood obesity. Related posts: Tackling a Weighty…
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