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Category: Nutrition

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Australia is dragging its feet on healthy eating. In 5 years we’ve made woeful progress

Gary Sacks, Deakin University and Davina Mann, Deakin University Australia is falling behind other countries in addressing the unhealthy state … More

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food and nutrition, marketing, policy advocacy
Christina Pollard, left, accepts her PHAA Life Membership award from PHAA President, Tarun Weeramanthri. The image also features screen wallpaper of the PHAA logo.

PHAA Life Member Christina Pollard on four decades of being curious

Associate Professor Christina Pollard (left, with PHAA President, Adjunct Professor Tarun Weeramanthri), was awarded Life Membership of the PHAA recently … More

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food and nutrition, PHAA awards, public health workforce, workforce training
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Who gets a say in public health nutrition? Five perspectives from the field

Christina Zorbas, Andrew Brown, Phoebe Nagorcka-Smith, Veronica Nunez, Dheepa Jeyapalan Introduction: A core tenet of public health nutrition is identifying … More

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food and nutrition, Health equity, public health workforce
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“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

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food and nutrition, Nutrition, Public Health
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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

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environment, food, Nutrition
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

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awards, exercise, Indigenous health, Nutrition, obesity, 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

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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

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Public Health

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

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ANZJPH, NAIDOC week, Public Health, 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

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Climate change, Public Health, 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

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commercial determinants of health, industry playbook, junk food, marketing, Nutrition

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

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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

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Obesity strategy, Public Health, 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.

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