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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.

Fortified milk, red meat aid toddlers

Dietary link to early puberty