
Obesity Policy, Cancer Council WA
@obesitypolicywa
The Obesity Policy team at Cancer Council WA collaborates with partners and researchers to add to the evidence base and advocate for obesity policy reform.
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https://www.cancerwa.asn.au/ 08-07-2020 02:00:51
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New on the blog: Food marketing targets parents to influence children's diets Alexandra Chung Monash Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences powertopersuade.org.au/blog/food-mark…



We spoke with parents about how they view their children's exposure to #unhealthyfoodmarketing in supermarkets & on digital devices. Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.appe… @CDriessenPhD Rebecca Bennett Adrian Cameron Bridget Kelly Asim Bhatti @kbackholer Elsevier Nutrition Institute for Health Transformation


Experts are calling for an overhaul of the food health star rating system, which is allowing some companies to market ultra-processed food as healthy. Dr Priscila Machado commented in The Guardian. @ppmachado_ @Deakinresearch theguardian.com/australia-news…



We applaud Ged Kearney & Australia's Food Ministers for their commitment to mandate Health Star Ratings if the industry fails to reach a 70% voluntary uptake by November 2025. 👏 Read our joint media release: bit.ly/4dvFkJu VicHealth The George Institute for Global Health




Seen the latest edition of Children & Media Australia's "Small Screen?" Jane Martin's explores recent recommendations made by the Federal Parliamentary Inquiry into Diabetes to improve our food environment. Get her take on what these mean & where to from here. bit.ly/4fHTpoY


📣Register now to attend the launch of the 2024 "Inside our Quick Service Restaurants " Report 👉bit.ly/4fQcVQ9 RE-FRESH Next Generations Gary Sacks + Jasmine Chan will present the key results with Adyya Gupta + Kate Sievert (@katesievert.bsky.social) + Cindy Needham offering further insights


The STOP - EU childhood obesity project project launched a set of policy briefs with World Health Organization (WHO) to help policymakers implement priority policies to prevent childhood obesity. ➡️ Check them out here: stopchildobesity.eu/policy-briefs/





Associated with these reviews - they underpin the draft guidelines - World Health Organization (WHO) is holding a public consultation on nutrition labelling policies. There is a launch webinar on 9th September: who.zoom.us/webinar/regist… + more information here: who.int/news-room/arti…

