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Jump in C-section births worries hospitals

One in every four women giving birth in NZ will undergo caesarean section surgery, with nearly 15pc booking the operation before going into labour.

The point of the exercise

So you want to lose weight for summer? Cancel the gym membership. As Emma John finds, an increasing body of research reveals exercise does next to nothing for you when it comes to shedding the kilos.

The basic fats of the matter

The fat of the land

A trans fat found in NZ dairy products is derived from palm kernel feed being given to NZ cows, new research suggests.

Two more deaths but swine flu cases fall

Jim McClay's speech in full

Tobacco firm denies YouTube marketing

British American Tobacco (BAT) has denied claims it uses video-sharing website YouTube to market its products, as research released today from Otago University claimed.

Smoking marketed on YouTube - study

Fat is normal in NZ - expert

NZ's high rate of obesity is no surprise, because of its fat-promoting environment and love affair with cars, a nutrition expert says.

Swine flu losing momentum

<i>Kerre Woodham</i>: We should swallow cost

Fat to the health fire

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.

Holiday travel lifts risk of swine flu outbreaks

Zuma moves nation on from Aids-denial era

HIV pandemic officially in decline, say health agencies