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Milk of human enrichment

GST law tweaks to spare insurers giant headache

'We won't support GST removal' - PM

Prime Minister John Key has ruled out the Government supporting Maori Party MP Rahui Katene's bill to remove GST on healthy food.

Vitamin C blocks tumour growth: study

NZ researchers have established that vitamin C can help to block the growth of cancer cells.

Essential elements

Michelle Coursey outlines some of the nutrients you need every day to keep you feeling great.

Stricter rules for food advertisements for children

Where the wild things are

Indiana Jones has nothing on Auckland scientist David Raubenheimer. His work has seen him tracking snow leopards in the forbidden wilds of Nepal and being peed on in Africa.

Pure, white and deadly

US kids too fat to fight

Michelle Obama begins fight against childhood obesity

The first lady has unveiled her public awareness campaign against childhood obesity in the US.

Call to ban all adverts of junk food to children

The World Health Organisation has come out in support of a complete ban on advertising junk food to children.

New Zealanders' life expectancy keeps increasing

Be prepared for a long retirement if medical advances continue at their current pace, says health reporter Martin Johnston.

How to beat the festive fat trap

Kiwis letting health slide, study finds

New Zealanders are putting off doctors visits and surgeries and giving up on healthy behaviour, according to a survey.

Captain Cook's dietician skills go on display

Shoppers seek out free-range eggs

The hidden danger of diets

Anti-obesity drug takes off a stone in 20 weeks

European study shows encouraging results for new class of anti-obesity agents which mimic the action of a hormone that occurs naturally in the gut.