Bone health often flies under the radar - but it's one of the most important things to keep in mind. Low bone density can shake your body from the inside out.

So how can you prevent this? What exercises can help - and which ones could make the problem worse?

Sports Biomechanist and Owner of Bone Health Studio Greg Pain joins Tim Beveridge for The Health Hub to discuss.

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More and more kiwis are taking on debt to cover costs, and the increasing popularity of buy now pay later schemes has normalised casual debt. 

Financial author Martin Hawes joins Tim Beveridge to discuss the attitude people should have around debt, and the different types of debt. 

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Food waste, costs, health, and time are all factors we may consider when choosing where or how to do our food shop.

On today's Health Hub we took a look at when it is worth going to a specialist rather than the supermarket.

Allyson Gofton told Tim Beveridge that while specialists allow for more choice, information, and less waste, not everyone can fit visiting multiple specialty stores into their weekly shop due to time or budget constraints. 

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Weight loss drugs are the new meds taking the world by storm.

But if you don't want to jump on the bandwagon, what are the bog-standard, tried and true dietary changes to help you lose weight?

And we're in the thick of winter - which usually means hearty stews and fatty meats are on the menu - but is there something healthier we can turn to?

Nutritionist Claire Turnbull joins Tim Beveridge on the Health Hub to discuss. 

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As we get older, our bodies slow down - it starts to take longer to get back to 100 percent, when recovering from the gym or a sports-match.

But longer periods of rest-days can compound, and lead to our fitness goals slipping out of reach. So how do we prevent that?

Do we shift our routines to something less-intense, and lower-impact, to get more days in the gym? Or readjust our workout-splits?

BodyTorque Fitness Founder and Coach Alex Flint joins the Health Hub to discuss.

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Everyone's using headphones and blasting sounds at full-volume now; noise-cancelling ear-phones are as common and cheaper than ever; live shows and events with crowds are a must for most adults, and children are being left to their devices - listening to music and game-sounds without knowing what's too loud for their ears.

So how can we protect our hearing, and prevent hearing loss? When should we see a specialist or get tested?

What are we doing that's causing damage? and how can we judge what our hearing levels are like? 

With Tim Beveridge to talk about it: ENT Surgeon and Hearing Specialist, Dr Michel Neef

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Westmere Medical Centre's Dr John Cameron joins Newstalk ZB's Tim Beveridge to talk the important of seeing your GP regularly. 

They also explore the reasons why people avoid the doctor.

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A new study finds poor sleep is tied to rising cancer risk for those under 50, with irregular sleeping patterns and insomnia being three times more likely to get cancer within five years.

But sleeping can be hard to do, especially if you're younger and faced with the stresses of today, or the distractions on your phone. 

You could also do shift-work at irregular hours to make your living, in that case, you delay sleep for later or force yourself to run on empty.

So what can be done about improving our sleep quality, and what are we doing wrong - and more to the point, how do you recognise chronic sleep deprivation?

Sleep Expert and Director of Sleep Well Clinics, Dr Alex Bartle talks to Tim Beveridge.

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Nowadays our phones have the ability to track our exercise and sleep habits, and if it's not our phones, it's our smartwatches.

These tools can monitor our heart-rate, count our steps, say how many calories we've burned, and tracks how far we've walked, biked, or run.

There's all these metrics and stats that your smartwatches can provide you - but how crucial are these devices? What info can they bring us that's practical in getting us to our fitness goals?

With Tim Beveridge to talk about it: one of New Zealand's most celebrated high-performance coaches, one who trained Dame Lisa Carrington, three time Coast-to-Coast winner, and six-time Halberg Coach of the Year Winner - Gordon Walker.

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The weather is getting colder and the nights are getting longer, that means only one thing... soup season!

Soup is a great meal to get in lots of nutrition with less cost and less effort. 

Chef Allyson Gofton joined Tim Beveridge for Health Hub to chat all things soup. 

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