Aruma, a human rights warrior
01 March, 2024Aruma — one of Australia's largest disability providers — is proud to be a human rights warrior, not only for our 5000+ customers but for all Australians living with a disability.
Shifting the dial on obesity
02 February, 2024 by Joanna Munro, Director Prevention Systems, Health and Wellbeing QueenslandIn 2018, 8.4% of the total burden of disease in Australia was due to overweight and obesity, making it the second leading risk factor contributing to disease burden after tobacco use.
Should disease management mirror dentistry?
01 February, 2024 by Amy SarcevicAfter smoking and obesity, poor diet is the largest contributor to Australia's disease burden, yet it is uncommon for patients to be offered personalised, nutrition-related interventions when seeking health care.
What's the impact of promoting and using zero alcohol drinks?
19 December, 2023Zero alcohol drinks resemble alcohol in appearance and taste, are often closely linked to a parent alcohol brand and are freely promoted to all age groups, including young people.
Study calls for urgent efforts to reduce adolescent vaping uptake
13 September, 2023A study involving more than 4200 adolescents has found that e-cigarette use has become "fairly common" in young people in Australia.
Study explores impact of 20% sugary drinks tax
31 July, 2023Can a national sugary drinks tax improve health equity? New research investigates the potential health benefits and cost-effectiveness of such taxes.
New international dietary guidelines released
19 July, 2023The World Health Organization (WHO) has released updated dietary advice involving fat and carbohydrate intake.
Latest results on aspartame cancer risk
14 July, 2023Aspartame is an artificial sweetener widely used in various food and beverage products since the 1980s, including diet drinks, chewing gum, gelatin, ice cream, dairy products, breakfast cereal, toothpaste and medications.
The role of dietetics in gut health
10 July, 2023The popularisation of 'gut health' by food industry and popular media appears to have overtaken what we actually know from science, writes Dr Georgina Williams, an accredited practising dietitian.
Body mass index: why practitioners are relying on it less when looking at a patient's health
27 June, 2023BMI has long been used by doctors as the standard method for measuring health — and often still is. But...
Nitrate: healthy heart or cancer risk?
23 May, 2023Edith Cowan University's Nutrition and Health Innovation Research Institute hopes to find out how and why nitrate has such contrasting potential risks and benefits.
AIHW presents scenarios to reduce disease burden by 2030
30 April, 2023The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has provided data analysis and scenarios on the burden of disease due to overweight and physical inactivity.
Food choices could cause 70% of type 2 diabetes cases
18 April, 2023A research model of dietary intake in 184 countries has estimated that poor diet contributed to over 14.1 million cases of type 2 diabetes in 2018.
Fasting diet could help cut Type 2 diabetes risk
11 April, 2023Local researchers have compared a time-restricted, intermittent fasting diet and a reduced calorie diet to see which one was more beneficial for people who were prone to developing type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes Vic warns of 'silent diabetes'
24 March, 2023Diabetes Victoria celebrates its 70‐year anniversary and reports that diabetes prevalence rates are continuing to grow at a concerning rate, but there is hope.
