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Interactive body map: physical inactivity and the risks to your health

  • Written by: Carol Maher, National Heart Foundation Senior Research Fellow in Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour and Sleep, University of South Australia
imageThis interactive body map highlights the health risks associated with inactivity.CC BY-NC

Physical inactivity has consistently been shown to be one of the most powerful, modifiable risk factors for all causes of death and disease, alongside smoking and obesity.

This interactive body map brings together scientific evidence on the links between lack...

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Exercise: motivation gets you started, but routine keeps you going

  • Written by: Carol Maher, National Heart Foundation Senior Research Fellow in Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour and Sleep, University of South Australia
imageHalf of people who started an exercise regime stopped within six months. Unsplash/Kyle Kranz

This article is part of our package looking at the benefits of exercise. Have a look at our interactive body map on the risks of inactivity.


Our interactive body map of how a lack of physical activity makes you sick may have got you thinking, but it can be...

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What you need to know to understand risk estimates

  • Written by: Hassan Vally, Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology, La Trobe University
imageWhat does it really mean to say we have a one-in-1,000 risk? from www.shutterstock.com.au

This article accompanies our interactive body map on the risks of inactivity, to help you understand the risks to your health and what they really mean.


Interpreting health (or any other) risk estimates reported in the media is not straightforward. Even health...

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By framing secular society as a Christian creation, Hanson's revival goes beyond simple racism

  • Written by: Nicholas Morieson, PhD Candidate, Institute for Religion, Politics, and Society, Australian Catholic University, Australian Catholic University
imageOn September 15, 2012, a protest in Sydney by Salafi Muslims against an 'anti-Islam' film ended in violent confrontations with police. Jamie Kennedy/flickr, CC BY-SA

This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative with the Sydney Democracy Network. The project aims to stimulate fresh thinking about the many...

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