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Sep 11, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Fron Jackson-Webb |Brett Montgomery |Clare Collins |Natasha Yates |Rachael Jefferson |Vivienne Lewis
One in four Australian children aged two to 17 are classified as above a healthy weight, based on their body mass index (or BMI, which is weight divided by height squared). The Australian College of Nursing says school nurses can play in curbing childhood obesity and preventing chronic disease by weighing and measuring school-aged children.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
msn.com | Natasha Yates
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
medicalxpress.com | Natasha Yates
You wake with a sore throat and realize you are sick. Is this going to be a two-day or a two-week illness? Should you go to a doctor or just go to bed? Most respiratory illnesses have very similar symptoms at the start: sore throat, congested or runny nose, headache, fatigue and fever. This may progress to a dry cough. Best case scenario is that you have "a cold" (which can be any one of hundreds of viruses, most commonly rhinovirus), which is short-lived and self-limiting.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Natasha Yates
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Natasha Yates
You wake with a sore throat and realise you are sick. Is this going to be a two-day or a two-week illness? Should you go to a doctor or just go to bed? Most respiratory illnesses have very similar symptoms at the start: sore throat, congested or runny nose, headache, fatigue and fever. This may progress to a dry cough. Best case scenario is that you have “a cold” (which can be any one of hundreds of viruses, most commonly rhinovirus), which is short-lived and self-limiting.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
thetimes.com.au | Natasha Yates
Written by Natasha Yates, General Practitioner, PhD Candidate, Bond University You wake with a sore throat and realise you are sick. Is this going to be a two-day or a two-week illness? Should you go to a doctor or just go to bed?
Most respiratory illnesses have very similar symptoms at the start: sore throat, congested or runny nose, headache, fatigue and fever. This may progress to a dry cough.
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Jun 30, 2024 | 
openforum.com.au | Natasha Yates
Obesity levels for adults have hit 26% in Britain and 42.5% in the United States, journalist Johann Hari writes in his new book, Magic Pill. In Australia, recent data shows we’re somewhere in the middle at 31%. Hari, who grew up eating “almost nothing but junk and processed food”, describes himself as ranging from “slightly underweight to quite seriously obese” from his late teens onwards. He describes a family history of heart problems and diabetes.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
nzherald.co.nz | Natasha Yates
Globally, people are taking drugs like Ozempic to lose weight. But what happens when you stop? Photo / Getty ImagesHundreds of thousands of people worldwide are taking drugs like Ozempic to lose weight. But what do we actually know about them? The Conversation’s experts explore their rise, impact and potential consequences - and what happens when you stop taking them. Drugs like Ozempic are very effective at helping most people who take them lose weight.
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Jun 15, 2024 | 
mindfood.com | Natasha Yates
Obesity levels for adults have hit 26% in Britain and 42.5% in the United States, journalist Johann Hari writes in his new book, Magic Pill. In Australia, recent data shows we’re somewhere in the middle: 31%. Hari, who grew up eating “almost nothing but junk and processed food”, describes himself as ranging from “slightly underweight to quite seriously obese” from his late teens onwards. He describes a family history of heart problems and diabetes.
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Jun 2, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Natasha Yates
By Natasha Yates, General Practitioner, PhD Candidate, Bond University
Johann Hari’s book opens a deeper conversation about the pros and cons of injectable weight-loss drugs – including whether we really want to trade the pleasure we get from food for losing weight. Read complete article© The Conversation
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