Eating

Healthy Gourmet: Running lean on greens and beans

8 Jan 2013

A sustainable weight loss can come only from a metabolic change. How to induce this change is difficult to know, not only because the science is still in its infancy, but because we are each...

Feast your eyes

16 Nov 2012

Friends always seem a little surprised whenever I suggest a visit to Kuala Lumpur for the many delicious cuisines on offer. I can hardly blame them.

Fed up trying to please everyone

8 May 2012

Imagine you are on a mission to get fit and lose weight. You find yourself in a social setting in which the host places a plateful of freshly baked, gooey fudge brownies on the table in front of...

Top dog in sausage-eating contest plans to tone up for his next bout

23 Mar 2009

It was no guts, no glory at Big Dog's hot-dog-eating finals on Friday night in LKF. After last week's semi-finals, four contenders were left to battle it out in the dog-eat-dog spectacle and the...

Boost the rate your body breaks down food

1 Feb 2009

This week Disha Widge, 17

Disha asks: What can I do to boost my metabolism?

Wynnie says: There are many different ways to rev up your metabolism.

Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

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Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

George Chen

A house is not a home until it becomes affordable

Respecting food and reducing its waste starts with school lunches

In Hong Kong, 3,310 tonnes of food waste was generated every day in 2007, making up 35 per cent of the total municipal solid waste. This has increased pressure on our landfills.

Snack healthily

If there were no more snacks in the world, there would be both advantages and disadvantages.

Eating smart the key to keeping waist in check

It is still possible to shed weight even when dining out every day, says former home affairs chief Shelley Lee Lai-kuen, who lost 6.5kg just by eating smart.

Hongkongers just can't resist a snack

Hong Kong is a city of snackers, according to a survey that shows 62 per cent of people regularly eat pre-packed snacks. Some 47 per cent said they snacked while watching television, while 14 per...

letters

A good musical with a message

I watched a musical Lokamochi Mamiba which I think is a good show, because it's very funny.

This musical wants to tell us that inner...

Size matters

Hong Kong people are getting fatter. According to the 2003/2004 Population Health Survey, 38.8 per cent of us are either overweight or obese.