Healthy weight advice

Discover practical, sustainable guidance to achieve and maintain a healthy weight through balanced nutrition, movement and healthy lifestyle habits.

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Surprising reasons why you could be gaining weight

Nutritionist Bronwen King shares some of the less obvious reasons for weight gain...

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Your weight-loss pantry

For all but the most dedicated healthy foodies, the silly season can throw...

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Does losing weight mean losing mates?

A big life change like weight loss can have unexpected consequences. Jenny Chapman...

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How to lose the last 5kg (for good)

Reaching your weight-loss goal can be fraught with challenges — including that weight-loss...

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How to get a better sleep (and how it can help your weight)

Stress, computers, TV, long work hours and burning the candle at both ends...

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Weight-loss for food lovers: Four steps to change the way you eat

Nutritionist and weight-loss specialist Bronwen King shares her golden rules for food lovers...

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How to stop sugar cravings

HFG nutritionist Claire Turnbull explains why we crave the sweet stuff — and...

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You might be skinny but are you fat?

You‘re in the ‘healthy’ weight range and you’re not pregnant but your waistline...

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What’s your food personality?

Clinical psychologist Karen Nimmo shows you how to reach your healthy weight and...

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Weight-loss tips for men: Sizing yourself up

Weight-loss expert Andrew Dickson has advice for blokes who think of themselves as...

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How to change your habits

When it comes to breaking old habits by establishing new ones, there are...

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Strength training

Here is a strength training programme that will complement your cardio activity. Push-ups Start on...

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Why French people don’t get fat

What are the differences between Kiwis and Les Français when it comes to...

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Health assessment follow-up: Julie

Have those healthy habits been maintained, or has the going got tough and...

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Worried sick

We take a light-hearted look at whether we are becoming a nation of...

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Is work making you fat?

Nutritionist Caitlin Reid identifies the classic weight-gain traps to be found in any...

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Fact or fiction: You can spot-reduce fat

Remember the 'hip and thigh diet'? And we've all seen the magazine articles:...

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Is your child overweight or obese?

Thirty-one per cent of NZ children aged 5-14 years are overweight or obese. But...
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