Nutrition Australia media spokespeople are available at all times to provide both information and opinion on current food and nutrition related issues.

• Overweight and obesity
• Fad diets
• Lifestyle change
• Nutrient requirements for different population groups including early childhood, school age children, older persons
• Food labelling
• A sustainable food supply for Australia
• Food advertising to children
• Organic foods and their benefits
• Family mealtimes and the social aspects of eating
• Fussy eating in children.

Our media representatives

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Nutrition Australia in the media

Health services make healthy choices

The Horsham Times – Wednesday 14 July 2021

Food regulators have classed fruit juice as less healthy than diet cola under new guidelines confirming Australian health star ratings (HSR) on food packaging will focus more on sugar content.

Friday’s decision by the Australian and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation, made up of state and territory ministers, will reduce the five-star rating for fruit juice to as low as two stars… Read more.

Nutrition Advice for parents-to-be and breastfeeding Mums

CareforKids.com.au – Wednesday 14 April 2021

It’s often said that “you are what you eat,” and if you’re planning, expecting or breastfeeding a child, then your dietary choices flow on to them, too.

Good nutrition decisions early on can positively influence your little one’s lifelong health; and whether you’re a future parent, pregnant woman, new mum or doting dad, there’s lots you can do to help your child develop, grow and thrive.

To learn more about good nutrition during the parenting journey, we spoke with Leanne Elliston, a Program Manager and Accredited Practising Dietitian at Nutrition Australia ACT… Read more.

New health star rating system ranks fruit juice below diet cola in shift to sugar-based grading

ABC News – Friday 12 February 2021

Health services and other local organisations have the opportunity to learn about the Healthy Choices guidelines at a Healthy Choices seminar. 

Grampians Pyrenees and Central Highlands Primary Care Partnership’s invited people interested in learning how to implement the guidelines to a seminar on July 15 in Beaufort… Read more.

Landline

ABC iView – Sunday 24 May 2020

The Fruit & Vegetable Consortium appeared on ABC’s Landline on Sunday 24 May 2020 episode (15:45) speaking of the endeavours of the Consortium, why increasing vegetable intake is so important, and how the Fruit & Vegetable Consortium is navigating Coronavirus.

View the episode here.

Have you heard about the Fruit & Vegetable Consortium? Read about it here.

Consortium launched amid Coronavirus to make Aussies eat their fruit and vegetables

Australian Broadcasting Corporation – Monday 25 May 2020

For many Australians, eating fruit and vegetables is a tough sell.

Government data shows only 7 per cent of adults and 5 per cent of children eat sufficient serves of vegetables, while half of adults and two-thirds of children eat enough fruit… Read more.

Have you heard about the Fruit & Vegetable Consortium? Read about it here.

VegKIT for Aussie kids

Get Lifestyle – 31 March 2020

Flinders University nutrition experts have contributed to a newly launched online registry of resources that aims to help boost vegetable consumption in Aussie kids… Read more.

In collaboration with CSIRO and Flinders University, and funded by Hort Innovation, Nutrition Australia are working to deliver VegKIT, an integrated five-year project designed to deliver tools and interventions for increasing children’s vegetable intake. Read more about this project here.

Sugary Drinks To Be Phased Out At Melbourne Museums

Premier of Victoria – 8 November 2019

Sugary drinks will be removed from fridges at all three museums across Melbourne in a new bid to prevent childhood obesity… Read more.

The Healthy Eating Advisory Service is delivered by experienced nutritionists and dietitians at Nutrition Australia Vic Division, with support from the Department of Health. Read more about this service.

Aussies urged to embrace vegetable food waste this National Nutrition Week

ABC Radio – 15 October 2019

Do you tend to peel your veggies? Ever think about eating the skins, stalks and leaves, or do they usually go straight into the compost?

This week, you’re being gently urged to embrace your veggie food waste as part of National Nutrition Week… Read more.

Try for 5 is an annual campaign powered by Nutrition Australia encouraging Australians to increase their vegetable consumption to the recommended five serves per day. The campaign launches each October during National Nutrition Week, where awareness is raised around the role of food on our health. Read more about the campaign here.

Why the humble apple could be the new fruity probiotic

SBS – 19 September 2019

We always knew that apples tasted good and were good for you. But now international research shows that apples are laden with bacteria that could benefit our guts.

The humble, healthy apple has become even more appealing… Read more.

Ballarat Base Hospital’s vending machines to offer healthy alternative

The Courier – 14 August 2019

GRABBING a quick snack or drink from a hospital vending machine is now about helping to prompt healthier choices.

Vending machines at Ballarat Health Services Base Hospital have undergone a healthy choices revamp in what BHS dietitian Kate Falconer said aimed to shift expectations on what was normal… Read more.

The Healthy Eating Advisory Service is delivered by experienced nutritionists and dietitians at Nutrition Australia Vic Division, with support from the Department of Health. Read more about this service.

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