Public Health Nutrition from Foodies in the Field

TRANSCRIPTHi, Sophie here as usual. This is just a very short piece of audio to let you know that the Foodies podcast will be taking a bit of a holiday until the later half of this year. As keen listeners will know, I’m undertaking a PhD at the moment as well as working a part time job. The PhD is coming to the pointy end which means my time and brain are almost at full capacity.

In this episode Kim Anastasiou, a Research Fellow at the Stretton Health Equity Institute of the University of Adelaide, unpacks the impact that ultra processed foods are having not just on our health but also our environment and what this means for the work we do and the world we live in.Kim is an advocate for the transformative changes needed to create healthier and more sustaina

Dr. Fiona Willer is an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy renowned for her advocacy of weight-neutral practices in healthcare. Throughout the podcast episode, Fiona shares insights on why a weight neutral approach is necessary to progress population wellbeing, and how community health and food practitioners can identify weight stigma

Rowena Yamazaki is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian from YouthBlock - a specialist youth health service in Sydney. For the last 17 years Rowena has led the Yhunger program which aims to strengthen young people's food literacy skills and improve their food security status. Rowena talks about involving youth throughout all elements of food and nutrition programs.This episode touche

Dr. Sue Kleve is a public health nutrition researcher and senior lecturer with the Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food at Monash University. Sue has over 20 years’ experience working across community and public health nutrition settings in Australia. In this episode Sue provides insights into why more and more Australians are experiencing food insecurity in Australia and

Dr Alexandra Jones is a public health lawyer and researcher at The George Institute for Global Health within the Food Policy team. This episode dives deep into the world of food policy and regulation, as Ali explains Front of Pack Labelling around the world with a particular focus on the Australian Health Star Rating. We talk about how this regulatory mechanism came about, how effe

Helen Vidgen is an Associate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics at the Queensland University of Technology. This is Part Two of a two-part episode. This episode is all about Helen’s food literacy work and the global impact that it's had.If you’re unsure what food literacy is, why we should be considering it in our everyday work and how we can do this, then this is the episode

Helen Vidgen is an Associate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics at the Queensland University of Technology. This is Part One of a Two-part episode. In this first episode we go through Helen’s incredible career journey in public health and community nutrition and dive deep into various topics including the lack of diversity in our workforce, how the public health nutrition workf

Professor Sharon Friel is an ARC Laureate Fellow, Professor of Health Equity and Director of the Planetary Health Equity Hothouse and the Menzies Centre for Health Governance at the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) at the Australian National University. On today’s show Sharon talks about investigating the intersection of climate change, health and social inequi

Dr. Cathy Wilkinson is the CEO of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation. The SAKG Foundation provides inspiration, information, professional development and support for educational institutions to deliver pleasurable food education for Australian children in conjunction with educators, partners and the wider community. As Cathy explains, this foundation and its repertoi