Jim Mann
Why are we still using BMI if we know its flaws?
The body-mass index is used to estimate your health and risk of heart disease. But the model, created close to 200 years ago by a Belgian statistician, is not a perfect diagnostic tool. Audio
Researchers concerned over end of science funding
Researchers warn they are facing falling off the edge of a cliff when more than half a billion dollars of science funding comes to an end with no replacement in sight.
They say they can't wait until… Audio
Scientists warn a type two diabetes pandemic is looming
Health researchers say the government needs to take large scale action to prevent an emerging type two diabetes pandemic.
Overseas research shows the number of people diagnosed with type two diabetes… Audio
The Week in Detail: Charities, citizenship, and the Pacific Islands Forum
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
The Week in Detail: Charities, citizenship, and the Pacific Islands Forum
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
AudioConcerted action needed to tackle NZ/Pacific child obesity
A leading New Zealand health researcher says this country needs an over-arching public health programme to tackle the obesity epidemic. A new global study has shown that children in New Zealand… Audio
Concerted action needed to tackle NZ/Pacific child obesity
A leading New Zealand health researcher says this country needs an overarching public health programme to tackle the obesity epidemic. Audio
NZ kids among the world's most unhealthy
A global study of children aged between 5 and 19 years old has found those in New Zealand are among the most unhealthy in the world.
The research, published in The Lancet, has been conducted over 35… Audio
How to find the truth about healthy eating
What's the truth about healthy eating? Jim Mann is an adviser to the World Health Organisation and professor of human nutrition at Otago University. Jim Mann speaks to Corin Dann. Audio
Study shows high-fat diet bad for gut health
Eating a high-fat diet may affect the type and amount of healthy gut bacteria you have, according to new international research. Audio
The Cost of Sugar
Professor Jim Mann, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth and Professor Tony Blakely talk to Kim Hill about why free sugar is so bad, whether diet soft drinks are good, and sugar versus fat. Audio
Fat lot of good
We've been told for years that high fat diets are bad. Then came the Atkins diet which said the opposite. There's new advice confirming we should be eating more fat, and that it will help us lose… Audio
The link between eating saturated fat and heart disease.
A New Zealand authority on nutrition says fat is a risk factor for heart disease and people should be eating less of it. Audio
Overhaul of policies in Tonga to combat obesity
The Tongan government says it is overhauling its policies in a bid to deal with what it says is the biggest killer in the region - obesity. Audio
New data on Pacific obesity reflects a 'crisis' - academic
An academic says the high rate of obesity in the Pacific is a crisis and should be treated by governments as a highly-dangerous epidemic. Audio
New study shows 'disastrous' picture of women's dieting habits
A nationwide survey of middle-aged women is painting a bleak picture of how they try to control their weight. Audio
Nearly one fifth of adult NZers could be living with diabetes
Nearly one in five adult New Zealanders could be facing a life with diabetes. Audio
NZ obesity rates leap for men and women
Major new health findings out today show obesity rates rising rapidly. Audio
The diabetes and obesity epidemic
Jim Mann is a Professor of Human Nutrition and Medicine at the University of Otago. He also chairs the European Diabetes and Nutrition Guidelines Group, and the Expert Advisory Group on Diabetes and… Audio
Obesity seminar hears about changes at McDonalds
McDonalds - once criticised for fuelling the obesity epidemic, says it's now on a campaign to fight fat. Audio
