Tag: NPHS
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Time to enact food policies in the National Preventive Health Strategy
Dr Bronwyn Ashton and Damian Maganja, Co-Convenors of the PHAA Food and Nutrition Special Interest Group New data released on 27 June 2023 by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) showed that unhealthy weight and dietary factors continue to be the second and third largest preventable causes of…
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Welcome to 2021 – a year of more uncertainty, but with cause for hope
Terry Slevin, PHAA CEO Here’s hoping that, as you read this, you retain some of the reinvigorating glow of a restful festive season, which most I knew desperately craved after the phenomenon of 2020. But it is hard to envisage how 2021 will be any less complex and frenetic than…
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Preventive approaches needed to improve child and youth health and wellbeing
Tracey Oorschot and Jane Frawley Child, youth, Indigenous and social policy advocates have campaigned for improved health and wellbeing of Australian children and young people for years. Despite these efforts, Australia continues to underperform in a range of key benchmarks. Statistics reveal that 1 in 6 Australian children and young…