Items with category:Food Policy

Ultra-processed foods are linked to obesity in Australia

Have you ever heard about the term ‘ultra-processed’ foods? Perhaps not, but you are likely...

Red and processed meat harms our health and the planet – so why haven’t we seen any political action taken?

Have you ever wondered how policies get prioritised and implemented? We see a problem in...

Are packaged toddler foods just ‘junk food’ in disguise?

Anyone who has taken a look at the baby aisle at the supermarket recently will...

How healthy are new food products targeted to children?

    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

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

  Young Australian children may not be getting the right balance of healthy food at...

Healthy or Unhealthy? Health Star Ratings and our food choices

What is an unhealthy food? Usually, identifying ‘unhealthy’ foods is straight forward.  Most would agree...

Get to know our staff: Dr Priscila Machado

Dr Priscila Machado is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition...

Australia’s first virtual Preventive Health Conference

This blog was contributed by Kate Wingrove and Emily Denniss. Both PhD candidates were awarded...

Get to know our academics: Dr Julie Woods

Our next blog is from Dr Julie Woods. Julie is currently a Senior Lecturer in...

Introducing our Deakin Food Charter

This week, 15-21 October, is National Nutrition Week, and also the Deakin Food Charter’s second...

A partnership to improve public health nutrition: Deakin Nutrition and Nutrition Australia.

In time for National Nutrition Week, we are delighted to announce a partnership between two...

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