Leiden editor Emma Batchelor considers her relationship to her body, how it has changed over time, and her desire to be at peace it through body neutrality. Continue Reading
The Body – A musing on size, shape and neutrality
Health
Making the Thin Thinner? Really?
How thin is too thin? Does someone who is already within their healthy weight range really need to lose more weight? Julian Everett discusses. Continue Reading
To Fast or Not To Fast
At the start of each year I like to crystal ball the next twelve months to give you some insight into what diet trends will be popular in the coming year. Continue Reading
Leiden’s Most Read Articles in 2018
This year we published a staggering 264 pieces of content. As the year draws to a close we have been looking back at our most read articles in 2018. Continue Reading
The High Coffin Diet?
When a link popped up in my Twitter feed stating ‘Is the Low-Carb (animal based) Diet a High Coffin Diet? Two More Nails to Consider’ it sparked my interest enough to look a little further. If you haven’t already worked me out, you need to know I’m not a big fan of fad diets or any diet which is restrictive in nature, unless warranted due to an allergy and intolerance. What is also worthwhile knowing is I love listening to podcasts. Now, the podcasts I listen to focus mainly on nutrition but I also listen to podcasts on… Continue Reading
Rethinking Health and Fitness with the BUF Girls
This year, the first day of spring signaled the beginning of the Eden series of health and wellness masterclasses at the Canberra Centre. First up on our journey to improved wellbeing was a masterclass and group workout with the BUF Girls by Libby Babet, a gang of women who aim to help every woman live her best life. We had the pleasure of spending time with three of the five BUF Girls — Libby, Cass and Sian. Libby is a very busy lady, you may recognise her as a trainer on the Biggest Loser Transformed, as the resident personal… Continue Reading
Everyone Has A Story… and Social Media Only Tells Half It
I don’t usually engage in social media banter when someone posts about struggling with losing weight and wanting to get fit. I usually read a few of the comments then move on with my life. But on the weekend I came across a post which caught my eye. I was working out at the time, and in between exercises I usually hop on Facebook to have a quick look at what’s going on. I came across a post from a young girl who posted on a local group. I must have seen the post around an hour… Continue Reading
Menstrual Hygiene Day
May 28 marks Menstrual Hygiene Day (MHD), a global platform promoting menstrual hygiene management as well as raising awareness of the challenges women and girls worldwide face due to their menstruation. First celebrated in 2014, MHD organisers WASH United hope to ‘create a world in which every woman and girl can manage her menstruation in a hygienic way – wherever she is – in privacy, safety and with dignity‘. Here is why Menstruation Matters: Menstruation Matters Worldwide Women and girls around the world need to manage their menstruation during their reproductive age. The specific challenges that women and… Continue Reading