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Category: Nutrition

Woman smiling while cooking. Various fruit, vegetable and bread on the table in front of her.

“It is not just about feeding people, it’s about feeding people well,” UK expert to tell 2022 Food Futures Conference

Jeremy Lasek – PHAA With many of us preparing to shed those unwanted festive season kilos, what better time than … More

food and nutrition, Nutrition, Public Health
A close-up picture of Themeda triandra (Kangaroo grass) with a background of trees

2022 Food Futures Conference: Transforming food systems for planetary and public good

Jeremy Lasek – PHAA Background According to the United Nations, “Our population trajectory means that from now to 2030, the … More

environment, food, Nutrition, Public Health
Dr Michael Mosley, left, and exercise physiologist Ray Kelly, standing on Bondi Beach. The image is a still for their program on SBS TV.

PHAA and SBS-TV recognise the work of ‘Too Deadly for Diabetes’ creator, Ray Kelly

Jeremy Lasek – PHAA One of the great strengths of the PHAA’s annual awards is to uncover great stories of … More

awards, exercise, Indigenous health, Nutrition, obesity, Public Health, Type-2 diabetes

Appetite for convenience: how the surge in online food delivery could be harming our health

PHAA For information:  The World Health Organization is developing recommendations and targets for the prevention and management of obesity over … More

Junk food companies have no place on the Olympic sponsorship podium

Kathryn Backholer, Christina Zorbas and Florentine Martino     The Tokyo Olympics is like no other before it. In the … More

2021 NAIDOC Week: Vital new research will help ‘Heal Country’

Public Health Association of Australia In this NAIDOC Week 2021, the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) embraces First Nations … More

ANZJPH, NAIDOC week, sugary drinks

How well do the future leaders in Western Australia #ThinkPublicHealth?

Kelly Kennington, Hannah Pierce, and Elizabeth Connor  The WA election is now days away. Some people, including the WA Opposition … More

Raise the age, WA election

How unhealthy industries shape public opinions on health policy

Elly Howse Many of us working, teaching and researching in public health are aware of the impact of the commercial … More

Alcohol, commercial determinants of health, industry playbook, junk food, marketing, Nutrition, Public Health

We are what we eat: We can all get behind the UN’s International Year of Fruits and Vegetables

Public Health Association of Australia By now, the majority of us have returned to work and well and truly put … More

Health equity, Healthy eating, Nutrition, Public Health, UN International Year of Fruits and Vegetables

Boris Johnson: could he really be a champion for public health?

Jane Martin and Alexandra Jones   The United Kingdom’s ground-breaking obesity strategy, launched recently by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, is close … More

Obesity strategy, UK
supermarkets push junk food: image of an isle of a supermarket

Supermarkets claim to have our health at heart. But their marketing tactics push junk foods

Supermarkets like to portray themselves as having the health of the community at heart.

healthy food, junk food, supermarkets

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