The Minderoo Foundation has partnered with The University of Queensland to understand if micro and nano plastics and the plastic chemicals which leach out of plastic products are found in the human body.
28 July 2021
Public health campaigns that challenge weight stigma and promote body positivity can boost the health and well-being for people of all body sizes, according to a University of Queensland study.
30 March 2021
Children as young as three can understand the difference between real figures and those that are make believe, according to University of Queensland research.
18 June 2020
People struggling with their weight are being offered training to reduce self-criticism and shame they feel about their bodies.
8 January 2019
Gossiping helps a person develop a better understanding of their society’s expected behaviours, researchers from The University of Queensland have found.
17 November 2017
A maternity program designed to achieve better health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and their babies has received a $1.1 million grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
11 October 2017
Short bursts of high-intensity exercise could help people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes.
1 March 2017
A Queensland researcher’s decades of devotion to influencing women’s health policy has resulted in international recognition.
8 December 2016
Significant decreases in cannabis use by young Australians have been tempered by a warning about challenges to physical and psychological health.
10 May 2016
Many people spend hours in the gym every week and fill up on protein supplements in the quest for a ripped physique, but could all that hard work and money spent on sweet tasting powder be in vain?
19 November 2015
Head and neck cancer patients stand to benefit from a $55,000 scholarship awarded to a University of Queensland School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences researcher.
1 September 2015
Terry Starbuck didn’t run for the best part of 30 years before consulting The University of Queensland Nutrition and Dietetics Practice at Ipswich.
24 July 2015
When it comes to the punch, can you rely on an Aussie, a Canadian or an American?
21 July 2015
A “nightmarish” vision of a future in which technology makes physical education more boring, judgmental and narrow is driving a new study by a University of Queensland academic.
25 May 2015
Psychology graduate Jefferson Mac likes to joke that his orientation work with incoming students at The University of Queensland is a case of “the blind leading the blind”.
11 May 2015
Understanding the frequent emotional and mental struggles involved in weight management and wellbeing is at the heart of a new University of Queensland study.
18 March 2015
Sixty Brisbane Telstra office workers are at the front line of a University of Queensland project that aims to combat the health risks that result from prolonged sitting.
10 October 2014
Playing active video games could help overweight and obese children lose weight, a University of Queensland study has found.
18 March 2014
New insights into how foot muscles support the arch of the foot could spark a change in the design of running shoes, following a study led by The University of Queensland.
7 February 2014A University of Queensland study has found high-intensity short-duration exercise provides better results than the recommended 30 minutes of daily exercise.
30 January 2014
