Every week, a different guest tweeter takes charge of Croakey’s rotated, curated Twitter account, @WePublicHealth, and uses the account to cover specific health issues or events. Big thanks... Read more
Every week, a different guest tweeter takes charge of Croakey’s rotated, curated Twitter account, @WePublicHealth, and uses the account to cover specific health issues or events. Last week,... Read more
Gary Sacks, Christina Zorbas and Kathryn Backholer write: This year’s Australian of the Year, Dr James Muecke, is an eye specialist with a clear vision. He wants to change the way the world... Read more
It’s a familiar concept that the commercial drivers in life, and consumerism in particular, have a largely unhealthy impact on our lives. But those striving to control tobacco, and tho... Read more
Australian children are amongst the most ‘chauffeured’ in the world but are we doing more harm than good by driving our children to and from school instead of supporting them to walk, ride o... Read more
Pollution and urbanisation, human rights and gender equality, equity and regulation of the “commercial determinants” of health must be prioritised at the very highest levels of g... Read more
As the international food standards body prepares to meet in Rome this week and the deadline approaches for Australia’s Senate inquiry into the national obesity epidemic, truth in labe... Read more
The Prevention 1st campaign this week released a scorecard on the implementation in Australia of World Health Organisation recommended interventions to reduce preventable chronic disease. Th... Read more
#WorldObesityDay, on 11 October 2017, is calling globally on all governments, health service providers, insurers and philanthropic organisations to prioritise investment in tackling obesity,... Read more
As previous Croakey stories have outlined, pressure has been growing in Australia for a sugar tax on soft drinks, with a new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) late last year supp... Read more
