Items with category:Early Life
Preventing peanut allergy: Should we introduce peanut early in infants?
January 25, 2022
Our next blog is by Sandra Brastein, who is currently completing a Master of Human...
When volunteering becomes a PhD opportunity: a collaboration with OzHarvest
August 4, 2021
This blog has been contributed by PhD candidate Fay Karpouzis, who is undertaking her PhD,...
How do multiple energy balance behaviours influence obesity in school-aged children?
July 21, 2021
Currently, a quarter of Australia’s young children are estimated to experience overweight and obesity. This...
Warm and open communication: how authoritative parents improve kid’s diets
July 6, 2021
Around 1 in 4 pre-school aged (2-5 years) children are overweight or obese in Australia....
How do children’s abilities to self-regulate their food intakes change as they age?
May 18, 2021
Children get better at self-regulating their behaviours, thoughts and emotions as they grow up –...
Are packaged toddler foods just ‘junk food’ in disguise?
January 14, 2021
Anyone who has taken a look at the baby aisle at the supermarket recently will...
How healthy are new food products targeted to children?
November 5, 2020
This blog post has been contribute by Danielle Azzopardi. After 15 years of...
Working towards a national approach to healthy eating in childcare
October 13, 2020
Young Australian children may not be getting the right balance of healthy food at...
Babies benefit when breastfed for longer – new research
August 5, 2020
Babies benefit when breastfed for longer – new research New research looking at the...
Kids in the kitchen: how the experts teach their kids about healthy eating
May 19, 2020
Ensuring kids are eating and learning about nutritious foods is a challenge at the best...
Food literacy: a forgotten life skill and why no one is teaching it anymore
April 13, 2020
We all eat. It can be easy to assume that we know what is best...
Improving family diets
October 3, 2019
What can be done at a policy level to encourage families to improve dietary choices?...