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Online food delivery is surging during COVID-19 – but what are the implications for our health?

The impact of online grocery procurement on our waistlines and health is unclear, but there are signs for optimism, write Rebecca Bennett and Associate Professor Kathryn Backholer.

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Turn your snack habits around during lockdown

Living with rolling lockdowns means most of us are working from home, where our kitchen is only a few steps away.

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Climate change, health and food: raising voices at the decision-making table

Deakin researchers need you to raise your voice and take us one step further towards a healthy, sustainable and equitable food system.

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Undiagnosed ADHD is costing neurodivergent Australians their productivity, health and quality of life

Making clinical care more accessible is a step in the right direction.

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How opioids drive our salt consumption

Our brains have a hardwired salt craving.

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Monitoring advertising to reduce the risk of cancer

The iPupilX is set to create a healthier advertising environment by tracking our engagement with cancer-causing products.

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Skeletal muscle density and cognitive function: the body-brain crosstalk

The Geelong Osteoporosis Study (GOS) has recently reported world first study links between muscle density and cognitive function.

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Stimulating brain areas could help improve our motor ‘imagination’

For people with Development Coordination Disorder (DCD), increased motor imagery could help to improve movement function.

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Deakin researchers follow their gut for anorexia nervosa insight

There’s a lot of observations that people with restrictive food disorder Anorexia Nervosa notice that others may not.

‘Superfoods’ aren’t all that super after all

Despite its often-quoted namesake, ‘superfood’ quinoa isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

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Tackling obesity – one portion at a time

When it comes to global obesity rates, Australia ranks in the top ten of OECD nations.

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The role of spirituality in health

Research says that engaging in faith practices has the potential to promote good mental health.

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Transforming Australia’s food system for health

In Australia, the number of adults living with obesity has increased from one in ten in 1980 to one in three today.

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