Items with category:Food Environments
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,...
Communities of Practice – working together in public health
May 27, 2021
Our next student blog has been contributed by – Deakin Master of Dietetics students Della...
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...
Is the sky the limit to what we can eat? Exploring apartment living and food practices.
December 9, 2020
Most Australians do not consume a diet that complies with the Australian Dietary Guidelines, resulting...
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...
Community and emergency food aid are a challenge for chronic food insecurity
October 16, 2020
New research led by Dr Fiona McKay from the School of Health and Social Development...
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...
Healthy eating with the Healthy Eating Advisory Service (HEAS)
October 6, 2020
Our next blog is by Faye Chik, a first-year Master of Dietetics student at Deakin...
Healthy or Unhealthy? Health Star Ratings and our food choices
September 1, 2020
What is an unhealthy food? Usually, identifying ‘unhealthy’ foods is straight forward. Most would agree...
Get to know our staff: Dr Priscila Machado
June 26, 2020
Dr Priscila Machado is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition...
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...
It’s not just the salt shaker’s fault! Where else is our salt coming from?
March 11, 2020
It’s well known that as a population we eat too much salt. This can have...