Anti-tobacco campaigner has arrived in New Zealand to push the Government on introducing plain tobacco packaging.

No, not that one. The other one. The one that upsets us a whole lot more. The one that really brings us to our knees. Uh huh. You've got it - failure.

COMMENT: By portraying a narrow ideal and encouraging guilt and weight loss, the vast majority of fitspo images are little more than thinspo with six-pack.

My daughter was recently diagnosed with glandular fever. She is missing quite a bit of school and the thought of getting behind is

Have you recently started a new diet, but aren't getting the results you expected?

Research reveals a link between children's bedtime and obesity.

New research says there is more to weight loss than counting calories.

Giving up alcohol or smoking could soon be much easier - by using a brain implant which stops cravings.

Kayla Itsines is a fitness and social media star with a cult following. But there's something she really wants to change about her brand.

Tragedy prompted a mother of two to shift more than 57 kg, and she's created a time lapse video of her transformation.

Treatment times for stroke victims remain well outside the recommended "golden hour" for reducing the risk of disability, a study has found.

The Ministry of Health has defended its stance on refusing to fund a Maori safe-sleeping device and has been backed by Minister Jonathan Coleman.

There was a thigh gap and the bikini bridge. Now, there's a new body-shaming trend to make us feel bad about ourselves.

Lee-Anne Wann reveals five great food choices that can accelerate recovery and reduce sore muscles.

OPINION: In a social, extroverted and image occupied world introversion can often be judged as lacking, or seen as a deficiency. Kyle MacDonald explains the truth about the trait.

Brains start to shrink from a very young age in people who carry the Alzheimer's gene, researchers find.

Now in his fifties, Stephen Armstrong is going through a different middle age to the one he was expecting.

New evidence shows that exercise itself protects our bodies against cancer in complex ways.

She's the ultimate foodie goddess, but Nigella Lawson's popularity is waning in the face of this new food trend.

When was the last time you sat down - with absolutely no distractions - for an extended period of time?

Some people's lives seem to progress in a manner that seems so much more straightforward than our own.

Feeling gloomy and need a lift? Forget that expensive bottle of wine - just munch on a cheap cabbage.

A chef's post bragging about feeding animal products to vegans went viral. And cost him his job.

Controversial chef Paleo Pete Evans has prompted fury by telling fans not to wear conventional sunscreen because it is riddled with

The error will have reduced the chance of the woman being able to conceive another child naturally.

The discovery will add to calls for the cholesterol-lowering pills to be routinely used in cancer treatment.

COMMENT: The International Association for the study of Pain describes pain as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with tissue damage.

Rob Hobson, registered nutritionist and Head of Nutrition at Healthspan, shares the ten most common food mistakes we make.

OPINION: Are you just fussy about cleanliness and order, or are you suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?

Here are some of the wackiest but also very popular fitness trends that have caught on over the years.