Weight loss

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 […]

Princess Beatrice showed off the results of her dramatic weight loss yesterday, three years after an unflattering photo of her was published. What made you decide to slim down?

Princess Beatrice showed off the results of her dramatic weight loss yesterday, three years after an unflattering photo of her was published. What made you decide to slim down?

Anjee Busby and Vicki Gotts lost a total of 90kg by tweeting not eating. When Vicki Gotts saw an unflattering photo of herself at her son’s christening, she knew it was time to lose weight. “I was horrified,” says the 26-year old. “My nice new top was hidden beneath rolls of flab.” So, at the […]

Did you know that doing the housework, walking around the supermarket and even getting up to change the channel on the television all burn kilojoules?

Did you know that doing the housework, walking around the supermarket and even getting up to change the channel on the television all burn kilojoules? These everyday activities are examples of “incidental exercise”, which is any physical activity that is part of your daily routine. Incorporating more incidental exercise into your daily routine is one […]

Fiona Falkiner and sisters Melanie and Holly Scouler are turning heads on the beach. Strolling along the beach in revealing swimsuits, their heads held high, these beauties prove how much they love their bodies. But it wasn’t long ago that wearing a bikini in public was something Fiona Falkiner and sisters Melanie and Holly Scouler […]

Fresh from a Gold Coast holiday and 25kg lighter, The Circle’s presenter tells a baby is next on her wish list. There aren’t too many women who relish the thought of going swimwear shopping. Let’s face it, it’s enough to make most of us run screaming from the fitting room. Chrissie Swan might just be […]

It’s official: sitting at your desk all day is making you fat, according to a new Canadian study. Researchers at the University of Montreal compared eating and exercise habits of people in 2004 to behaviour in the 1970s and found that despite eating more healthily and exercising more these days, we are still getting larger. […]

It has long been thought that carrying weight on your lower body was not as harmful to your health as carrying it around your stomach, and US scientists now think they know the reason. Contrary to the previous understanding that adults cannot produce new fat cells, researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota have found […]