October 21, 2009 – 1:52 pm
I wrote a piece for Crikey today looking at how the soft drink companies are trying to rebrand themselves as the new best friends of public health.
In the US, Coca Cola has done a deal with the American Academy of Family Physicians new corporate membership program, enabling it to help “educate consumers about the role [...]
October 17, 2009 – 9:16 am
An argument for eating less meat for the sake of planetary and personal health is made at the public health blog, The Pump Handle.
The author is Liz Borkowski who works for the Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy at George Washington University’s School of Public Health and Health Services.
September 2, 2009 – 6:30 pm
Don’t get too excited about the Preventative Health Taskforce recommendations, cautions Professor Boyd Swinburn, Professor of Population Health at Deakin University, and Director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Obesity Prevention. There have been other reports making similar useful recommendations which have gone nowhere.
He writes:
“The decision by the Preventative Health Taskforce to start with the [...]
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Tagged alcohol, Boyd Swinburn, food industry, obesity, Preventative Health Taskforce, public health, self-regulation, tobacco
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Some links to new publications – on everything from the history of swine flu to obesity prevention and disaster planning - that may be of use or interest:
• History of swine flu
The latest issue of The New England Journal of Medicine has two interesting articles exploring the history of swine flu, otherwise known as influenza [...]
In a Crikey piece published today, Dr Rosemary Stanton has subjected the composition of the Food Standards Australia NZ board to some critical analysis. Her conclusion is that the interests of public health are under-represented, especially in comparison with the strong representation of industry.
Does this matter? Why should public health interests be better represented?
Croakey has [...]
Last week, I had my say in Crikey about the House of Reps Standing Committee on Health and Ageing’s report on obesity. I was concerned that it focused so much on treatment and didn’t put a stronger emphasis on prevention.
Professor Boyd Swinburn, professor of population health at Deakin University and Director of the WHO [...]
Late last night, the House of Reps Standing Committee on Health and Ageing released its report on the inquiry into obesity in Australia, called Weighing it up: Obesity in Australia.
It has taken a safe line on food industry regulation, calling for a “phased” approach, urging that self-regulation be the first option, and that there should [...]
The National Rural Health Alliance is one group in health that is worth listening to. Unlike many other health organisations, it is not speaking for the interests of a single professional group or a single disease lobby, but is attempting to represent the broader community’s interests (and believe me, for all the fine words spoken [...]
While the front pages and buckets of airtime are being devoured by the question of whether the wealthy should have to pay more for their private health insurance, there are other, far more important things that you could be reading about.
The 18 May edition of the Medical Journal of Australia is devoted to Indigenous health, [...]
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Tagged Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, COAG, Indigenous health, maternity services, Medical Journal of Australia, pregnancy, smoking
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The latest edition of the Public Health Bulletin of SA has an interesting report on a roundtable debate about some of the difficulties and dilemmas confronting the prevention agenda.
It’s interesting because the report – rather than massaging the discussions into bland, politically acceptable speak, as so often happens – has retained what sounds like a [...]
