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New President welcomed to the Dietitians Association of Australia Board

Health Times - 27-11-2019

The Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) is pleased to announce Tara Diversi, APD has been elected as the President and Chair of the DAA Board. Following a two-year term

 
Fast food leads to slow testosterone

Health Times - 21-10-2019

Obese men hoping to sire children beware! Obesity is known to be associated with impaired testicular function, potentially resulting in androgen deficiency and sub-fertility.

 
Meals on Wheels Australia has called on the federal government to double funding for meal services

AAP - 28-08-2019

Support group Meals on Wheels has called on the federal government to double funding for meal support, describing malnutrition among older Australians as a "silent

 
The nation's health ministers have ordered a food review to look at added sugar labels

AAP - 20-08-2019

State and federal ministers have ordered a review to examine how to make added sugar labelling compulsory on foods and drinks. The nation's

 
Scientists serve up a nutrition revolution

HealthTimes - 14-08-2019

A group of scientists has called for nutrition to be declared a national science and research priority and for the establishment of a ‘trusted voice’ to provide

 
Choice is demanding a major change to Australia's star rating system for food

AAP - 25-06-2019

Some top-selling cereals that score four out of five health stars would plummet to just 1.5 stars if added sugars are factored in, Choice says.

 
Aussie kids obsessed with avoiding fatness

HealthTimes - 25-06-2019

Australian kids demonstrate an unhealthy concern about body image when it comes to their perceptions about being healthy, which can threaten well-being, according to a new

 
Aussie kids are eating too much salt

AAP - 05-03-2019

An alarming 80 per cent of Aussie kids are eating too much salt, with many consuming the recommended daily intake in just one meal. Australian

 
Young Aussies are being warned not to be sucked in to downing sugary drinks

AAP - 22-01-2019

They might be tasty, but Aussie teens are warned sugary drinks are doing them more harm than good. Aussie teens could soon be flashing shonky

 
A third of hospitalised adolescents with life-threatening anorexia are not thin

HealthTimes - 06-12-2018

Health workers are being urged to closely monitor adolescents losing weight after a study of patients with anorexia nervosa found 31 per cent had all the cognitive features

 

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