A company that is promoting a “revolutionary slimming product” has issued an $800,000 damages claim against a prominent health marketing watchdog and public health advocate, Dr Ken Harvey, writes Loretta Marron.
Weight loss
Why is the TGA supporting pseudoscience?
Despite many products — from a “penile rigidity device” to fat and cellute reduction machines — having TGA’s approvals, there is no evidence to support any of their claims, writes Loretta Marron, a former Australian Sceptic of the Year.
How chefs stay thin
Your Ian Hewitsons and Two Fat Ladies aside, many chefs manage to maintain model-like physiques, despite being surrounded by their own fatty, sugary, delicious creations all day long. How do they do it? The Daily Beast gets their inside secrets.
Like good health, it’s all about balance
Last week, David Gillespie criticised the use of Nestle’s Optifast weight loss shake. But the obesity epidemic of the past 30 years is not due to a single cause, writes Neil Holt.
The ultimate weight-loss reality show
We’ve had The Biggest Loser, Dance Your Ass Off and now the ultimate weight-loss reality program, brought to you by the home of fatness, the US of A: six people try to lose 50% of their body weight.
Myf Warhust: Why I hate Matt Preston
Myf Warhurst has had a tough year. And getting a cravat named after her by Masterchef’s Matt Preston should have been a highlight. Except, she was named after the ‘fat cravat’…
All this nagging, Nicola, isn’t making us thin
Health Minister Nicola Roxon thinks we’re too fat, smoke too much and drink too much. But don’t worry, she’s got a solution: she’s going to nag us to death instead. Even if research suggests it won’t work.
