Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, right? Wrong
A new study shows that, contrary to popular belief, eating or not eating breakfast has little bearing on weight.
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Technology helps turn-off unhealthy food urges
A simple tilt of a smartphone could be the key to improving healthy food choices, reducing weight and delivering new treatment options for chronic obesity, new research by Monash University shows.
ScienceExperts available over the Festive season
Monash University has several experts available for comment on a range of topics relating to the festive season, politics and security; bushfires road safety, gambling and more.
University newsVital Monash medical research attracts $105 million in federal funding
Monash University has been awarded almost $76 million in the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding.
University news
Drugs in our waterways, the bugs and beyond
New research shows that medicines have found their way into Melbourne streams – and the creatures that live in them.
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Disgusting or delicious? The case for rethinking food choices
Anyone for rotten shark? Fried tarantula? When it comes to food choices, one person's disgusting is another's delicacy.
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That's disgusting: Taking a mind over insect-matter approach to food
Chocolate chip cookies baked with cricket flour? Monash University research is trying to understand how mindfulness can impact food choices.
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Monash to host new centre for women’s sexual and reproductive health in primary care
Monash University will host a new $2.5 million NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in women’s sexual and reproductive health in primary care.
Research
Type 2 diabetes: is it what you eat, or how much?
While the disease is on the rise, it's preventable – that includes not only considering how much we eat, but the kind of foods we consume.
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