What’s going on?
As humans, we’re very good at lying to ourselves in order to justify our beliefs and behaviours. But believing our own lies can be bad for our health – which is why HeadUp doesn’t let you do it.
Health
HeadUp: health for everyone.
I completed another lap around the sun this month. The world has changed a lot in the last 47 years, we’ve created a world that makes it hard for us to be healthy. If you have time and money – it’s easier. But health should be for everyone – regardless of social status.
HeadUp helped me dodge skin cancer.
Before I downloaded HeadUp, I never would have considered getting myself checked for skin cancer. But I did and here’s what happened.
4 of Our Favourite Fitbit and Apple Watch Features
Remember those plastic pedometers that came free with a box of cereal? They’d clip onto your top and tick over every time you took a step. Sometimes they’d award you a few extra steps, other times they wouldn’t count them at all – surprise! They weren’t accurate. They weren’t waterproof. And they weren’t sturdy. Thankfully…science. …
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8 hard and fast facts about heart attacks
What comes to mind when you think of heart attacks? A grey-haired, overweight man clutching his chest with one hand, lit cigarette in the other? His poor heart suffocating in fat, struggling to pump?
How does obesity affect your health?
You are so much more than a number on a scale. BUT. Carrying extra kilos can cut your life short. Researchers have found that moderate obesity reduces life expectancy by about 3 years and severe obesity can shorten a person’s life by 10 years.
TOP 5 TECH GADGETS OF 2018
If there’s one thing we love more than coffee it’s…actually there’s nothing we love more than coffee. But tech comes close. Here are 5 super cool tech inventions from 2018.
A New Year’s ResolUtion – PART 1
Flying home from Sydney last week, I found myself listening to the safety announcement made on every airliner in the world. I must have heard it hundreds of times, but I’ve never really taken it in properly. The part I happened to tune in to was:
A New Year’s ResolUtion – PART 2
Today’s children are the most inactive generation in human history. And it shows: one third of American kids are overweight or obese. This is triple what it was 30 years ago.
Heart attacks at Christmas
What do you get when you put Uncle Baz, Aunt Meryl, several cousins, 70kg of prawns, a double-decker Pav, and a heated political discussion in the same room? Christmas. And according to some studies – an increased risk of a heart attack.