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