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Water scarcity and the need for reusing wastewater

Reclaimed water is becoming an attractive option for ensuring water security.

Making food safer and sustainable

Greater investments in science, technology and innovative practices can transform food systems, and ensure steady supplies, nutrition, and access

Environmental carcinogens threaten our wellbeing

The increase in cancer rates globally has been linked to prolonged exposure to environmental contaminants.

Why have so many young people lost hope?

Addressing youth suicide requires an intersectional and cross-institutional response. Countries need to step up and do their part.

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Researchers are dismantling this myth about eating disorders

Eating disorders don’t only affect young, white women. A range of previously overlooked groups can be impacted, and treatments are finally being geared to them.

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Hormones may be the key to treating anorexia

It’s serious and sometimes deadly, but anorexia has been under-studied for decades. New research into the eating disorder’s link with oestrogen offers hope.

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Social media fuels unhealthy beauty standards among Indonesian teens

Widespread use of social media among young people in Indonesia could be driving the country’s rising prevalence of eating disorders too.

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Fear on a plate: an unusual TikTok trend

TikTok’s viral fear food challenge aims to aid eating disorder recovery, but experts warn about potential mental health risks without professional support.

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Social media bans distract from real issue

Proposed social media bans are distracting us from the real issue — how to make digital experiences better for children.

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What it would be like to live permanently in Antarctica

It’s not only the physical challenges but also the mental side of living in Antarctica that would make a permanent human settlement there difficult.

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How child maltreatment drives mental health crisis

Many cases of mental illness in Australia could be eradicated by targeting child maltreatment. The impacts of doing nothing are devastating.

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Climate change poses dire health and human rights risks

Human health relies on healthy ecosystems, but these are under threat. Securing the right to live in a healthy environment is crucial for all.

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What’s the deal with social media and youth mental health?

Increasing social media and smartphones use cops the blame for an increase in youth mental health issues but the reality is not so simple.

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Water scarcity and the need for reusing wastewater

Making food safer and sustainable

Environmental carcinogens threaten our wellbeing

Why have so many young people lost hope?

Researchers are dismantling this myth about eating disorders

Hormones may be the key to treating anorexia

Social media fuels unhealthy beauty standards among Indonesian teens

Fear on a plate: an unusual TikTok trend

Social media bans distract from real issue

How child maltreatment drives mental health crisis

Climate change poses dire health and human rights risks

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