Sarah Berry

Sydney

Lifestyle Health Editor at Sydney Morning Herald

Lifestyle Health Editor at The Age

Lifestyle Health Editor @smh @TheAge | Instagram: @sarzberry | Email: [email protected]

Articles

The one rule these Australian health experts live by

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Sarah Berry

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. These people spend their careers helping us improve our health and wellbeing. What advice do they apply to their own lives? We asked 30 leading Australians experts to share one rule they live by. The answers they gave include everything from sleep to exercise, nutrition to life philosophy, parenting and relationships.
‘I fall asleep in class’: New program to tackle teen’s screen habits

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Sarah Berry

By Sarah Berry April 29, 2025 — 12.05pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Last night, Joanne Cervantes stayed up until 5am streaming a series on her phone. Scrolling in bed until she feels sleepy has become a part of the 17-year-old’s nightly routine. Feeling a bit tired during the day is now the norm for the year 12 student. “I don’t usually fall asleep during class,” the Sydney teen says.
Is it time to rethink our love affair with Vegemite?

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Sarah Berry

By Sarah Berry April 24, 2025 — 4.22pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It’s our most popular and patriotic foodstuff. And since it was first made in 1923, using brewers-yeast from the equally iconic VB, it has been marketed as health food. The humble spread, one 1945 advert claimed, helped to keep our brave soldiers alive.
This is the least you need to do to reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Sarah Berry

By Sarah Berry April 14, 2025 — 5.42pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. One of the first studies to show the impact of physical activity on heart health came from an observation in the 1950s that conductors on London’s double-decker buses had lower rates of cardiovascular disease compared with the drivers.
Too much of a good thing? The problem with protein

2 months ago | smh.com.au | Sarah Berry

By Sarah Berry April 5, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It’s 20 years since Professor David Raubenheimer and his colleague Professor Stephen Simpson came up with the protein leverage hypothesis. Their groundbreaking work shifted the dial from an emphasis on fat and carbohydrate consumption to focus on the role of protein in moderating weight gain.
Too much of a good thing? The problem with protein

2 months ago | watoday.com.au | Sarah Berry

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Why one of the ‘magnificent seven’ is moving into hearing aids

2 months ago | smh.com.au | Sarah Berry

By Sarah Berry March 26, 2025 — 4.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. About one in six Australians experience hearing loss. And even mild loss can have a significant impact on our lives. People with mild hearing loss are twice as likely to develop dementia than those with normal hearing, are more likely to experience loneliness and social isolation, and have a 51 per cent higher chance of having a fall.
Why sleep is different for men and women – and who gets more

2 months ago | smh.com.au | Sarah Berry

LoadingUntil 1993, women weren’t considered in sleep research. And today only 5 per cent of sleep researchers look at sex differences. Perrault, who is due to give birth in eight weeks, has experienced this lack of understanding first hand. Despite an increased risk of adverse outcomes when sleep is disturbed during pregnancy, Perrault was incredulous when doctors passed off her insomnia as “normal”.
What does it take to live longer? Less than you might think

2 months ago | watoday.com.au | Sarah Berry

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What does it take to live longer? Less than you might think

2 months ago | smh.com.au | Sarah Berry

By Sarah Berry March 12, 2025 — 11.12am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. To make a significant impact on our health or lifespan, we need to make significant changes. Right? Not according to new University of Sydney research published in BMC Medicine. Most of us understand that many cancers and most diabetes could be avoided if people did not smoke, moderated alcohol consumption, ate less, and became physically active.