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Lifestyle changes can make a positive difference to our lives, but we’ve all been guilty of making a conscious effort to eat healthier or exercise more before returning to old habits a few weeks later. It is admirable to have the motivation to start to make these changes but the real success lies in making […]

Sex can lose its lustre for many reasons, ranging from hormonal hassles to stress, poor diet, boredom, medication and everything in between. Get your motor running with these tips. Eat smarter What you eat plays a big role in your sexual health. Zinc, in particular, is necessary for the release of hormones. Good sources include […]

Donna Simpson holds the Guinness World Records title as the fattest woman to give birth, but surprisingly, she is now working towards a new goal to put on even more weight. The 44-year-old from New Jersey broke her first Guinness World Record after she gave birth to a daughter, following a high-risk caesarean birth that […]

Who are the women that shape your world? This year, the Australian Women’s Weekly will again pay tribute to the country’s most influential women, as nominated by our readers. They will be celebrated in a photographic portfolio in the November issue of The Weekly. Related: 2010 Woman of Influence Carla Zampatti Each year, we ask […]

Do you find yourself constantly hungry and always looking for food? Do you reach for the biscuit jar at 3pm? Dietitian Caitlin Reid reveals her top 10 tips to keeping your hunger at bay.

It’s a dream that haunts Annette Foster. Her youngest daughter, Carita, then 19, was sitting with a group of Asian men. “Everyone seemed in good spirits,” recalls Annette, now in her 60s. “Carita was laughing, but then I realised that there was nothing happy about what was happening. “The men wanted Carita to choose one […]

When a Perth family set out on a two-year round-the-world trip on a catamaran, they didn’t count on being shipwrecked on a remote island in the Pacific. Sue Williams recounts their adventures. Lashed by nine-metre waves and brutal winds in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, Jennifer Barrie and her husband, Andrew, fought desperately to […]

They’re smart and sexy, with talent in spades. The Weekly talks to some of our favourite Aussie blokes about what they value most and the women they love. Andrew Rochford, 7pm Project panellist, doctor, 31 Who is the woman you most admire? My wife. She’s really quite inspiring. She’s capable, she’s ambitious, she’s got a […]

Twenty years ago, Kit Kats were sold in two-piece packs weighing 20g, today a Kit Kat weighs 78g. Welcome to our supersize world. The result: we’re also supersizing ourselves. Fancy a biscuit? And how about a coffee to go with it? Twenty years ago, that would have meant a biscuit you could have fitted whole […]

One mother recalls the overwhelming joy of successfully adopting a baby girl. It was the call I’d been waiting years to receive. “You have a daughter, she’s 11 months old and her name is Hai Yan,” the adoption caseworker said. I recorded the few available details — weight, height, number of teeth (four) — and […]