This National Youth Week (April 8-17) Cancer Council Queensland is celebrating the contribution young Queenslanders make to our work in cancer control. The theme for this year, ‘Be the future’, rightfully recognises their initiative and potential. Each year thousands of young Queenslanders get involved in Cancer Council events such as Relay For Life, Daffodil Day…

New food labels depicting the amount of exercise needed to work off food and drink could improve public health, experts say. An article in today’s British Medical Journal suggests that more than half of consumers would positively change their behaviour if ‘activity calories’ were printed on food packaging. According to the article’s authors, exercise labelling…

For the first time ever, international childhood cancer experts have developed registry guidelines for collecting data on the stage of cancer at diagnosis among children. Australian researchers played a leading role in development of the guidelines, which will help to improve outcomes for children affected by the disease. The guidelines, published this week in The…

Listen back to our April 2 show! Be part of an Ipswich Race Day raising funds for CCQ, learn to savour time to yourself, grab a healthy chicken parma recipe & find out why setting goals for 90 days is better than setting annual goals. Listen to the latest Live Well, Be Well radio podcast…

Many more people worldwide are now obese than underweight, a landmark study has found, prompting Cancer Council to call for urgent action to curb the crisis. The Lancet study revealed global obesity has increased by 167 per cent since 1975, compared to a 35 per cent drop in the number of underweight people. Cancer Council…

Cancer Council has issued an urgent warning for Queenslanders to stay vigilant about sun safety, with the Sunshine State still taking out the title as skin cancer capital of the world. A global study, published this week, found Australia no longer has the highest per capita rates of invasive melanoma in the world – in…

Cancer Council Queensland has joined calls from public health experts to get kids off the couch and moving for their health these school holidays. Less than half of Queensland children aged five to 17 years get enough exercise, and 34 per cent average two or more hours of screen time daily, exceeding the recommended guideline.…

Cancer Council Queensland is calling on Brisbane to come together at New Farm Park next month to help them pull off Australia’s Biggest BYO Morning Tea.   The first-time event, held on April 16, invites friends, families and workplaces to come together to launch Cancer Council’s Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea campaign for 2016.   Cancer…

Cancer Council will today reveal the alarming amounts of sugar in popular Easter treats, warning Queenslanders about the significant health dangers of overconsumption. New research* has found one medium Easter egg contains 23 teaspoons of sugar on average – three times the daily maximum amount recommended for children. Cancer Council Queensland spokesperson Katie Clift said…

Cancer Council Queensland’s Katie Clift explains why it’s important to learn how to handle stress in healthy ways. We all have that one friend – someone who glides through life effortlessly, easily managing the stress and strain of everyday life. How do they keep so calm and carry on while many of us struggle to…