📏 Obesity and the health risks that go with it can be present even without a particularly high body weight, according to #CharlesSturtUni #westernsydneyu #UNSW #Macquarie_Uni #Sydney_Uni #Uni_Newcastle #MonashUni #Griffith_Uni

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💉 More than half of a sample of unregulated anabolic–androgenic #steroid products sold in Australia were mislabelled or mis-sold, according to #UQ_News #MonashUni #Griffith_Uni

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/are-steroids-sold-in-australia-what-they-claim-to-be

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🔦 Chat to today's #EXPERTSPOTLIGHT Dr Timothy Piatkowski from #Griffith_Uni

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🐟 The Federal Environment Minister is currently in SA visiting the sites impacted by algal bloom. The bloom has been impacting the coast since March and there are now calls for it to be declared a natural disaster and experts from #UTSEngage #UniofAdelaide #Griffith_Uni #latrobe respond

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/expert-reaction-shouldsas-toxic-algal-bloom-be-declared-a-natural-disaster

🦇 New research by #Sydney_Uni #Griffith_Uni and #WestmeadInst offers important insights into how and when new coronavirus variants arise in bats

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/co-infections-in-young-bats-could-underpin-coronavirus-emergence

🐵 A new #Griffith_Uni study has highlighted extreme examples – such as orangutan kickboxing for the entertainment of tourists – do little to educate or develop conservation motivation for myriad animal species around the world

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/rethinking-wildlife-tourism-ruling-out-orangutan-kickboxing-a-good-start-to-limit-harmful-animal-objectification

Rethinking wildlife tourism: Ruling out ‘orangutan kickboxing’ a good start to limit harmful animal objectification

Rethinking wildlife tourism: Ruling out ‘orangutan kickboxing’ a good start to limit harmful animal objectification A new study has highlighted extreme examples – such as orangutan kickboxing for the entertainment of tourists – do little to educate or develop conservation motivation for m

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👪 The Aussie paid parental leave government scheme frame fatherhood as an exceptional circumstance and promote mothers as the primary caregivers, perpetuating gendered stereotypes and undermining efforts towards gender equality, say #Griffith_Uni #UQ

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/dads-seen-as-exceptional-circumstance-in-key-documents-underlying-australias-paid-parental-leave-scheme