Healthy Living
latest news & developmentsCelebrating International Day of Yoga 2024
South Africa’s largest yoga event, held at the Wanderers Stadium, has several new features this year
Pedal power with the people
Cycling to work is healthy, cuts carbon emissions and is for everyone, rich or poor
The impossible quest for purity
Linking a fad diet to notions of godliness is a path to hell for those who have a problematic relationship with food
Kenyans and Ugandans need to change their ways to arrest lifestyle diseases
Two surveys paint a shocking picture of how East Africans are exposing themselves to the mounting risks of non-communicable diseases.
Longevity is just a few steps away
But life is running out if you are a couch potato, whether deep-fried or even oven-baked.
Long and the short of it: How Africans have shrunk
A lot of things went wrong for Africa since the 1960s, but here’s one you probably didn’t know about: we got shorter.
Resolutions for lasting effects
<strong>Dr Luisa Dillner</strong> offers a failure-proof guide to tweaking elements of your lifestyle that will ensure you feel good beyond January.
Obesity — the silent killer
Obesity can be dangerous to one’s health. Many South Africans are unaware of the dangers of being overweight.
Weigh-Less for the weighty
It’s been 11 years since Weigh-Less opened a branch in Dobsonville. The first was opened in Soweto at Baragwanath in the 1980s.
SA goes large
Almost half of SA’s adults are too fat. The health risks are huge: heart-related illness, often triggered by obesity, is the second-biggest killer.
Red Heart pill on human trial
A drug that combines four different medicines and could halve deaths from heart attacks and strokes around the globe will enter human trials soon.
Black man running
Oarabile Rops Mosikare attempts a 30km charity walk in Francistown, Botswana. But he struggles to keep up with the elderly vice-president.
Link between fitness and wellness
The link between exercise and better health has been confirmed by three reports commissioned by Discovery Health’s Vitality programme.
Online catharsis
For many people with serious illnesses, blogging offers a way to cope and share their stories, writes Joanna Moorhead.
Take to the floor
As the first specialised clinic offering vaginal strength tests, electronic toning and ‘sexercise’ packages opens in New York.