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New release: Australia’s health 2014 (AIHW)
The 14th biennial health report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Australia’s health 2014 was released on 25 June 2014. This edition highlights two themes: The interaction of health behaviours and risk factors on our wellbeing and the impact of chronic disease in Australia, on an individual and nationwide level. Chapter 6 contains […]
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Getting a global view of overweight and obesity
Getting a sense of how obesity trends are looking globally gives a whole new perspective on the extent of the problem. The recently published Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 provides some sobering facts and figures and provides not only an up-to-date picture of increases in prevalence of overweight and obesity worldwide but also highlights the urgency for […]
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