At home with Rosanna Mangiarelli
Channel Seven news presenter Rosanna Mangiarelli says turning 50 inspired her new health and fitness routine, and it’s delivered in more ways than she could have imagined.
For those who have been paying close attention, Channel Seven newsreader Rosanna Mangiarelli has been quietly undergoing a transformation of late.
Thanks to a new health and wellness routine, the 51-year-old media personality is today fitter, stronger and healthier than she’s ever been.
The health reset was sparked by Rosanna’s looming 50th birthday a year ago, as well as the gradual onset of perimenopausal symptoms including foggy brain, hot flushes and “getting a bit rounder around the belly”.
“That’s how it really all came about,” she says. “I’ve just been obsessed with routines that beat perimenopause. Also, I was about to turn 50 and I wanted abs by 50, that was my mantra.”
As well as a few dietary changes, the new routine includes daily exercise and a weights program that Rosanna has stuck to with an unflinching self-discipline.
“Consistency is the key,” she says.
One year on, the physical results are obvious. But Rosanna is quick to point out that this self-improvement plan has never been about weight or dress size – it’s about ageing well.
“This was never just a physical thing,” she says. “It’s an inner health thing that’s about improving your bone density, improving the digestive system, improving strength. I feel better for it, and my mental clarity is so much better, as well.”
Rosanna and husband Andrew Oborn have three children, Emma, 17, Olivia, 14, and Will, 12, and the television identity says she is always mindful about how she frames health and body image conversations and eating habits around her kids.
“What’s been very important to me is to eat what my kids are eating,” she says. “If I’m making them pancakes with choc chips for example, I’ll make myself a version with no sugar and I’ll do cottage cheese and an egg and use sugar-free syrup and sugar-free ice cream. It all looks the same. It’s just about making healthy choices.”
Rosanna and Andrew embarked on their healthier lifestyle together and start each day with a 60-to-90-minute walk, come rain, hail or shine.
The benefits, they soon discovered, were more than just physical, with the one-on-one time allowing the couple to truly connect.
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“It’s been life-changing in so many ways,” Rosanna says. “It’s just the best uninterrupted time where we can chat solidly, often about what’s happening with the kids. Mind you, I think I do 90 per cent of the chatting and Andrew does 10 per cent. He is a very good listener and a great sounding board.
“The morning walks have also allowed us to learn new things about each other, even at this late stage. We’ve been together for 27 years and we’re still learning things about each other.”
Once the walk is done, Rosanna gets the kids off to school while Andrew heads for the office. He also works in television, as a promo producer, and has recently started with Channel Seven after 25 years with Network Ten.
Breakfast is next on the agenda and Rosanna’s go-to menu usually includes healthy options such as oats with cottage cheese and blueberries, or an egg on toast.
Then, it’s time for the workout.
The media identity has turned her home office into a mini gym complete with free weights, a small weights bench and a rowing machine. When SALIFE visits, there’s a weighted vest (which Rosanna wears when walking) hanging on the back of an office chair, and a clipboard with a list of workout routines propped up on the desk. This week’s list includes dumbbell front raises, hammer curls, curtsy lunges (with weight) and weighted plank.
Rosanna has researched and structured the workout herself and has gradually added weights and levels of difficulty as she’s built up her strength.
With her “hype” playlist providing musical inspiration, Rosanna pumps the weights every day, and the results have been so significant that total strangers stop her in the street to ask about her new look.
“I think toning up was probably my big thing and I also just wanted to be strong. I was sick of going to the supermarket and grabbing three or four bags and struggling. Now watch me go.”
Each day, Rosanna’s health routine is finished off with a smoothie, usually spinach, with added protein powder and collagen.
“I just created what works for me, and what works for me may not work for anyone else. I did start following a lot of nutritionists and fitness gurus on social media, but it’s just been about doing exercises and routines that I enjoy.
“I was talking to one of the school mums and she said how much I’ve inspired her. She said, ‘I’ve started getting up at 4.45 to go to the gym before work’. That’s just so nice to hear.
“There are professional people out there who are nutritionists and fitness experts, and they know what they’re talking about.
“I just know what works for me and how much better I feel. If it helps inspire others, then that’s great.”
Rosanna has been part of South Australia’s media landscape for almost three decades, starting out in 1997 at Port Pirie’s GTS/BKN, where she met Andrew.
In 1999, the young journalist then joined the ABC, working in Tasmania and Western Australia, including as an anchor for Australia Television broadcasts into the Asia-Pacific region.
She joined the Seven News Adelaide team in 2004, rising up the ranks and eventually hosting the network’s current affairs flagship Today Tonight from 2007, a ratings bonanza until it was axed in 2019.
Next came the coveted weekend news reading role in 2020, a bittersweet appointment given Rosanna got the gig after friend and colleague Jessica Adamson was let go due to “network budget cuts”.
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The issue of veteran female newsreaders, such as Jessica, being taken off the air has sparked heated debate over the years around notions of “expiry dates” and ageism, something their male counterparts have not had to deal with.
The controversy hit the headlines more recently when Nine News presenter Kate Collins was unceremoniously axed from her role with the network after 19 years, while her co-anchor Brenton Ragless stayed on.
Rosanna says she reached out to Kate in the aftermath but says she wasn’t shocked by the news, attributing the axing to the cut-throat nature of the TV journalism industry more broadly.
“I was sad, and I instantly reached out to Kate to let her know I was thinking of her,” she says. “But I am rarely shocked about any redundancy or retirement or non-renewal of a contract, because I just feel like we’re in an unpredictable time economically and everyone’s looking to save where they can.
“I mean, I don’t understand why it was her over her colleague, but if you see some of the decisions that have been made at Seven, it’s just like, well, batter up, whoever’s next. And that’s just the way the cookie crumbles.
“But I do feel a deep sadness. I’ve shed so many tears over the years when I’ve seen friends and colleagues go, you feel awful about it. But I wouldn’t be shocked if it happened to me. I go to work every day thinking it might be my last.
“I just feel like none of us can take anything for granted, whether we work in television, whether we work at the local post office or at the supermarket. I feel like they’re volatile times, and we’ve got to be uber aware of how fickle every industry is.”
Despite being a female TV personality who is now in her 50s, Rosanna says she has never personally felt any discrimination around her age, weight or looks.
“I’ve never been a massive one to worry about that anyway, and I’ve been all shapes and sizes on the telly,” she says. “But when people say to me, ‘You must have to watch what you look like’, no, I don’t.
“No one has ever in my 30-year career, no boss has ever mentioned my weight or the way I look. There’s often all this talk about it being a boys’ club, but I’ve not experienced that. I’ve had no bloke say to me, ‘you look a little large in that’, or ‘you look too skinny’, or ‘your boobs look too big’. I’ve never had that.
“Whether it’s luck, I don’t know … because I do know of female journos who have experienced that.”
Rosanna’s success and popularity with viewers culminated in her appointment as Seven’s weekday news anchor in 2023. She now sits behind the desk alongside colleague Will Goodings, with the pair’s genuine friendship and on-air chemistry cementing Seven’s ratings dominance.
Rosanna attributes the Seven News success to the experience and authenticity of the broader news team, including news director Mark Mooney.
“We’ve just got a really hard working, dedicated team, from producers who care, chief of staff, camera operators, editors and journalists who are all at the top of their game and are really good at what they do,” she says.
Her schedule is hectic, including regular MC work and publicity commitments, so any downtime at home is treasured.
The family’s beautiful home is often full of family and friends, but it’s the nightly meal with Andrew and the kids that brings Rosanna the greatest joy.
“Sitting down with my family at 7.30 every night is possibly the most important thing, and I make sure I do it and I bring the family together with food,” Rosanna says. “I do get a bit of help. My mum [Maria] will do pasta on a Monday night for us and sometimes she’ll make schnitzels for me for the Tuesday night.”
Away from work, Rosanna has been a fierce advocate for those less fortunate. She is currently on the board of the Sammy D Foundation, which is dedicated to ending youth violence and empowering young people. She also volunteered for the Little Heroes charity for 20 years and she and daughter Emma used to regularly serve breakfast at Pooraka Primary School through the KickStart for Kids charity. Rosanna will soon start the same routine with daughter Olivia.
Looking to the future, Rosanna says she has no plans to go anywhere and, like her predecessor Jane Doyle who retired at 64, she may well be on our screens for years to come.
“I have no idea how long I’ll be there, but I think it’s probably fair to say I’ll be there as long as they want me,” she says.
“Why not? I just feel like your 50s is an era of empowerment. You feel like you’ve been around the block enough. You understand people better, you are more comfortable in your household, in your marriage, with your work.
“The only thing I didn’t feel on top of was my health and I’m really grateful now that I’ve had the time and opportunity to work on myself.
“I feel great.”
This article first appeared in the February 2026 issue of SALIFE magazine.
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