Tag: junk food
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Improving access to healthy local food in regional and rural communities
Stephanie Godrich, Rebecca Lindberg, Kate Wingrove, and Cherie Russell Australia’s national food system is fragile. Climate disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic show how quickly crises or disasters result in people being unable to find food. This is particularly true for those in regional and rural areas. Our national food system…
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Strengthening policy for impact: Making outdoor food advertising restrictions work for local governments
Clare Whitton, Frith Klug, Alexia Bivoltsis, Catrina McStay, Georgina S.A. Trapp, and Claire E. Pulker State, territory and local governments in Australia are taking steps to reduce exposure to unhealthy food advertising. This was seen through South Australia’s recent forward-thinking restrictions across state-owned buses, trains, and trams. The restrictions are…
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Food Ministers urged to prioritise health over industry interests
Damian Maganja, Veronica Le Nevez, Andrea Schmidtke and Sally Witchalls Walk into any supermarket and you will be accosted by shelf upon shelf of unhealthy foods, from soft drinks that contain up to 14 teaspoons of sugar to whole aisles of confectionery, chips and biscuits. Even foods we might think…
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Diabetes and obesity rise to top of national agenda
Adjunct Professor Terry Slevin, PHAA Last night, Dr Mike Freelander, paediatrician and member for the south western Sydney seat of Macarthur, handed down the House of Representatives Health Committees Report on “The state of Diabetes Mellitus in Australia 2024”. The Report shows that five per cent of the population live…
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Government regulation urgently needed to protect young children’s diets from food marketing influence
Dr Alexandra Chung, Monash University Babies and toddlers can’t yet write a grocery shopping list, but they are considered fair game when it comes to food marketing. Our new research published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health reveals how babies and toddlers are being targeted with front-of-pack…
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Parliament debates influence of unhealthy product ads on children
Malcolm Baalman, PHAA Senior Policy and Advocacy Advisor Yesterday, key members of federal Parliament with health experience – including an Assistant Minister – agreed that action is urgently needed to meet community expectations about protecting children from advertising of unhealthy products including junk food, alcohol, and gambling. The debate (p.61 onwards)…
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Encouraging switching away from sugary drinks and towards water – using warning labels and Health Stars
Professor Caroline Miller, Dr Jo Dono and Dr Kerry Ettridge (SAHMRI and The University of Adelaide) Australia has one of the highest rates of sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption in the world. It is now well known that there are long term health impacts of consuming SSBs, including weight gain, Type…
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Swap shapes for rice crackers, chips for popcorn… parents can improve their kids’ diet with these healthier lunchbox options
Matthew Mclaughlin, University of Newcastle; Alison Brown, University of Newcastle; Jannah Jones, University of Newcastle; Luke Wolfenden, University of Newcastle, and Rachel Sutherland, University of Newcastle Four in five primary school students eat a packed lunch every day, costing parents around A$20 a week. That’s almost 10 million lunchboxes across…
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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 or corporate determinants of health – namely, how private sector companies and groups seek to influence decision making and promote the manufacturing, sale and consumption of unhealthy products and practices.…
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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.