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A wrap of recent news on McDonald’s, marketing and health (and some parallel universes)

Editor: Melissa Sweeton: May 14, 2012In: child health, food and nutrition, health and medical research, obesity, public health

When it comes to food and health, it seems that we are living in parallel universes. In one universe, there is a new report from The Institute of Medicine in the US, Accelerating Progress in... Read more

Why Federal Cabinet should include a Minister for Food

Editor: Melissa Sweeton: February 16, 2012In: environmental health, food and nutrition, health inequalities, health reform, public health

Food policy is such an important – and contested – space that we should have a Food Minister, in Cabinet, according to Michael Moore, CEO of the Public Health Association of Aust... Read more

A rather large wrap of recent Croakey articles: public health, health reform, media coverage of health and more

Editor: Melissa Sweeton: January 11, 2012In: abortion, alcohol, cancer, child health, climate change, complementary medicines, conflicts of interest, consumer health matters, death and dying, evidence-based issues, food and nutrition, global health, health and medical research, health financing and costs, health inequalities, health reform, health workforce, hospitals, Indigenous health, infectious diseases, Media Doctor Australia, Medicare Locals, mental health, MyHospitals website, obesity, oral health, pain, palliative care, pharmacy, physical activity, Pregnancy and childbirth, prevention, primary health care, public health, quality and safety of health care, rural and remote health, Social determinants of health, social media and healthcare, TGA, The Conversation, tobacco control, vaccination, WHO

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The new draft dietary guidelines: look beyond the headlines

Editor: Melissa Sweeton: December 13, 2011In: food and nutrition, media-related issues, NHMRC, public health

As you may have heard, drafts of the revised Australian Dietary Guidelines and the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating are now available for public comment, with a view to their finalised rel... Read more

The latest news from the world of food policy and regulation

Editor: Melissa Sweeton: November 30, 2011In: chronic diseases, food and nutrition, NHMRC, public health

Michael Moore, CEO of the Public Health Association of Australia, writes: The debate over food regulation is set to escalate. Governments across Australia are readying to respond to Labelli... Read more

The “fat tax”: some wide-ranging analysis

Editor: Melissa Sweeton: October 07, 2011In: child health, chronic diseases, food and nutrition, health inequalities, public health

Denmark’s introduction of a “fat tax” (affecting foods containing more than 2.3 per cent saturated fats) has drawn international attention, not to mention a call from Greens leader Bob Brown... Read more

The official diet of Australian sport: it’s a shocker

Editor: Melissa Sweeton: August 09, 2011In: food and nutrition, obesity, public health

Public health advocate Professor Mike Daube has been compiling the official diet for Australian sport. Below is the uninspiring menu that he’s developed so far. If you can help with any othe... Read more

The latest health & medical reading from The Conversation

Editor: Melissa Sweeton: July 29, 2011In: child health, complementary medicines, food and nutrition, global health, Government 2.0, health inequalities, health regulation, mental health, physical activity, TGA, The Conversation

Thanks to Froncesca Jackson-Webb, for providing this update of the latest health and medical reading at The Conversation. From scraping by to pizza and pie: how protein price drives obesity... Read more

Caffeine Watch: a few reasons to be cautious of stories spruiking coffee as a health tonic

Editor: Melissa Sweeton: December 14, 2010In: diabetes, food and nutrition

Croakey has a confession: marketing campaigns promoting the health benefits of particular foods, drinks or components thereof generally bring me out in a mood-threatening allergic reaction.... Read more

Shame on Kellogg’s

Editor: Melissa Sweeton: November 17, 2010In: child health, consumer health matters, food and nutrition

This statement was issued today by The Parents Jury, an online network of over 4,700 parents, grandparents and guardians, who are interested in improving the food and physical activity envir... Read more