 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| LINKS |
|---|
| More Articles |
| Latest Health Research |
| Recipes |
Article Archives
articles
| Fairbrother Encourages Employees to be SunSmart At last Spring is here! The upside is warmer weather and longer daylight hours. The downside is that from now, September through to April, in both Tasmania and Victoria ultraviolet (UV) radiation reaches levels that can damage our skin. READ ON >> |
| Fairbrother
Flu Vaccination Program This year the Fairbrother Group is again providing flu vaccinations to all employees who wish to receive one. The reason we do this is that we believe vaccination is the most effective protection for influenza, and research suggests that a timely vaccination may reduce absenteeism from upper respiratory illness by as much as 43%, impacting both productivity and staff morale. READ ON >> |
| Fairbrother
Focuses on Healthy Eating for Kids The magic of Christmas really is highlighted by the joy it brings children, and I think this makes it an opportune time of the year to focus briefly on healthy eating habits for kids. READ ON >> |
| Take
the “15” Challenge! Regularly being asked to counsel and provide dietary motivation for overweight patients I am always on the lookout for good ideas to incorporate into my practise. READ ON >> |
| Diabetes,
are you taking it seriously? Diabetes is undeniably the fastest growing non–infectious disease in the world. And as such I believe it is critical that everyone should have a much better basic understanding of what diabetes actually is – and more importantly how it can be prevented or at worst case effectively managed. READ ON >> |
| Don't
forget your health at Christmas Christmas can be a special time of the year, that one time when the whole family is together and when you actually socialise with friends and colleagues in person rather than a 2 line email or SMS. READ ON >> |
| Christmas
Food Safety Meals on Christmas Day are renowned for their ability to produce leftovers that can be reheated or simply re-served repeatedly over coming days. Under these conditions, there are a number of very important food safety issues that we should all be aware of. READ ON >> |
| Oranges
- Spring Super Food Surely they aren’t that special, they’re just a boring old fruit whose skin has unfortunately become synonymous with wobbly upper thighs... READ ON >> |
| Cholesterol While most of us would have been told or read somewhere that high cholesterol is bad for our health, a lot of us might not know what cholesterol is, or what we can do to keep our cholesterol at a healthy level. READ ON >> |
| Physical
Activity Guidelines In this first article I’d like to briefly introduce you to the national physical activity guidelines. Set by the Commonwealth Health Department, these guidelines are the (minimum) level of physical activity needed to achieve optimal health. READ ON >> |
| Salt
Dietary ‘salt’ is a compound that comprises sodium and chloride. Sodium in particular plays a number of essential roles in our bodies: it regulates the correct amount of circulating fluids, including blood, in our bodies, and plays a vital role in the transmission of nerve impulses and contraction of muscles. However, the amount needed to perform these vital roles is small, much less than the amount most of us eat in our diets. READ ON >> |
| Why
is health important? One aspect of Fairbrother that we’re very proud of is the company focus on the health of employees, in particular helping and encouraging employees to achieve the best possible health they can. READ ON >> |
| Latest Health Research |
| Website Watch |
PRIVACY POLICY 
SITEMAP CONTACT US