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Children are consuming too much salt — with disastrous consequences for their health now and in the future. An alarming study published in theEuropean Journal of Clinical Nutritionsuggests that nearly three-quarters of eight-month-old babies have an intake of salt that is significantly higher than the recommended level. In pictures: 10 things not to say to […]

Introducing a puppy into the family home can be a very exciting time, but it definitely means some life changes and possible sleepless nights. It’s very easy to gush over a new little puppy, but before you introduce one into your life, home and family, it’s best to consider a number of questions first. Veterinary […]

Let’s face it, we have all tried a fad diet or at least been tempted to try a diet that promises to have us looking slim and trim in no time. But as the old saying goes, if it looks too good to be true, it probably is. And within weeks of going back to […]

It’s true that men think about sex more than woman, but exactly how much more is not as great as we think. A new US study found that the median number of young men who took part thought about sex almost 19 times per day. This discredits the cliche that men think about sex every […]

Anne Williams has an unusual ability…Astha Gupta meets the mum for whom words have a flavour all their own. Having a conversation with Perth mum Anne Williams is a mouth-watering experience – at least for her. When most of us hear a word, we’re listening to the sound, but for Anne it conjures up a […]

Her plans for an extended summer family holiday back home in Australia have been dashed by the rigours of royalty. It was meant to be the ultimate happy homecoming, Crown Princess Mary’s chance to show her four children a true-blue Aussie Christmas. Sadly for Mary, the demands of her royal duty as the future queen […]

Danish Crown Princess Mary has charmed almost everyone she has met on her six-day tour of Australia with husband Crown Prince Frederik and their family. So far, she has hitched up her skirt to ride a bike, taken in the scenes at Sculptures by the Sea at Bondi and participated in a cooking demonstration with […]

Nowadays we are faced with so much choice at the supermarket that figuring out which products are healthier options can be bewildering. Here at ‘Mums United’, we know that making healthier food choices needs to be practical for Australian families. We busy Mums don’t have the time to examine the ingredients on every single product […]

Empire Day by Diane Armstrong, HarperCollins, $32.99. “It’s strange,” muses one of Armstrong’s struggling-to-settle Eastern European immigrees to Sydney in Australia’s post-war melting pot. “A huge country with hardly any people, an empty centre and no history.” “That’s exactly why I love it,” responds her husband. “A country without a past, but with a big […]

Animal People by Charlotte Wood, Allen & Unwin, $29.99. Stephen is having a bad day. Another argument with his mum, a run-in with the neighbour’s dog, he skittles a pedestrian, then his bus seems to have a bomb on board. All this while tossing up which of the 50 ways he’ll choose to leave his […]