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Here you will find information on the role of diet in overweight and obesity and on how you can adjust your weight through diet, including information on weight loss diets.
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Updated September 2007
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Better living with COPD
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The Australian Lung Foundation
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COPD stands for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease. COPD is almost always caused by cigarette smoking, it is a slowly progressive disease which is often well advanced before the main symptoms of breathlessness on exertion and cough develop. This brochure is designed as a guide to help you to improve your quality of life.
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Mar 2008
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Carbohydrates and the glycaemic index
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Better Health Channel
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The glycaemic index (GI) is a way to rate carbohydrates according to how quickly they are absorbed and raise the glucose level of the blood. It has replaced classifying carbohydrates as either 'simple' or 'complex'.
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Feb 2008
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Milk - facts and fallacies
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Better Health Channel
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Milk is an excellent source of vitamins and minerals, particularly calcium. However, some common fallacies about milk may encourage some people to restrict their intake of this highly nutritious drink unnecessarily.
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Jan 2008
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Promoting Healthy Weight
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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Promoting healthy weight focuses on the prevention and management of overweight and obesity. In Australia, the 1995 National Nutrition Survey showed that some 56% of the adult population (18 years and over) were overweight, with 19% of these classified as obese.
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Dec 2007
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Dietary advice for illness-related malnutrition in adults
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Ill people often eat less than usual. If this reduced food intake is prolonged, it can cause weight loss, malnutrition and death. Advice may be offered to encourage good eating habits of high-protein and high-energy foods so that weight can be gained an...
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Nov 2007
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Health alert: recall of Lida Daidaihua Slimming Capsules
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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A South Australian company, Mekong Grocery, upon instructions from Australia's medicines regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), is undertaking a consumer level recall of the product Lida Daidaihua Slimming Capsules as it contains an undeclared pharmaceutical ingredient.
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Oct 2007
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Lida Daidaihua Slimming Capsules - consumer alert
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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Consumers who have purchased this product are warned not to use it and to consult a medical practitioner if they have taken it and have concerns about their health.
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Oct 2007
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Eating well and feeling good
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Inspire Foundation
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This fact sheet has information on eating well and some weight-related issues.
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Jul 2007
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Disability - managing underweight
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Better Health Channel
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People with disabilities may find it harder to maintain a healthy weight than other people in the population. There are various weight management strategies that can help a person with a disability to avoid becoming underweight.
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Jun 2007
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Weight loss - common myths
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Better Health Channel
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Dieting has led to many unhealthy misconceptions about weight loss and caused long term difficulties in maintaining a healthy body weight. There are no magical foods or ways to combine foods to reduce body fat. To lose weight, you need to make small, achievable changes to your lifestyle. You need to change the way you eat and increase your physical activity.
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Jun 2007
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Weight and muscle gain
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Better Health Channel
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This fact sheet offers a range of suggestions to help you gain weight. However, gaining lean body weight is a slow process that takes months or years rather than days or weeks.
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May 2007
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Weight loss - a healthy approach
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Better Health Channel
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Increasing your physical activity level, together with eating a nutritious diet, is the key to losing body fat. You need to use more energy through physical activity than you eat as food. Yoyo ('crash') dieting can increase your weight by lowering your metabolism. Dieting can also cause psychological stress and increase the likelihood of binge eating.
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May 2007
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Low glycaemic index or low glycaemic load diets for overweight and obesity
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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There is a lack of consensus as to the best nutritional management of obesity. We assessed the effects of low glycaemic index or glycaemic load diets in overweight or obese people. Six randomised controlled trials, involving 202 participants, were analy...
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May 2007
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Obesity and hormones
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Better Health Channel
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The hormones leptin, oestrogen and growth hormone influence appetite, metabolism and body fat distribution. Obese people have levels of these hormones that encourage the accumulation of body fat.
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Apr 2007
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Diet or exercise, or both, for weight reduction in women after childbirth
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Women naturally gain weight during pregnancy and many gradually lose it afterwards. Some women, though, find it difficult to lose the pregnancy-related weight during postpartum and there is concern that this may be a health risk. The retention of weight...
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Apr 2007
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Nuts
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Better Health Channel
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Research suggests that eating nuts can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. Nuts contain mono-unsaturated fats, polyunsaturated fats and other compounds that influence blood cholesterol levels.
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Mar 2007
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Chocolate
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Better Health Channel
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Chocolate is a luxury food, considered to be 'naughty but nice'. However, chocolate may not be so naughty after all. New research indicates that chocolate could help protect against degenerative illnesses like heart disease and cancer.
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Feb 2007
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Smoking - weight gain and quitting
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Better Health Channel
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About 80 per cent of smokers gain weight when they quit smoking. The causes include the effect of nicotine on the body and the ex-smoker's inclination to eat more. However you can quit and keep weight gain low.
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Nov 2006
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Kilojoules and calories explained
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Better Health Channel
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A kilojoule is a unit of energy. It also refers to the energy value of food and the amount of energy our bodies burn. The common term for this used to be 'Calorie'.
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Oct 2006
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Arthritis and nutrition
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myDr
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Researchers have been exploring potential links between diet and arthritis for many decades. However, there is little evidence to indicate that taking expensive food supplements or eating elaborate diets are any better than eating well-balanced meals.
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Aug 2006
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