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Journal articles on the topic "Nutrition policy Australia"
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Fisher, Frank G. "Towards a food and nutrition policy for Australia." Food Policy 11, no. 4 (November 1986): 274–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0306-9192(86)90020-5.
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Mehta, Kaye, Sue Booth, John Coveney, and Lyndall Strazdins. "Feeding the Australian family: challenges for mothers, nutrition and equity." Health Promotion International 35, no. 4 (July 21, 2019): 771–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daz061.
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Abstract Australian women shoulder the bulk of household duties including family food provisioning, despite increasing participation in the workforce. This research aimed to understand employed mothers’ daily-lived experience of family food provisioning, in particular, the intersection between family food provisioning, gender inequality and nutritional guidelines as they impact women’s time and health. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 22 employed mothers in South Australia. Participants had at least one child aged less than 13 years. Qualitative data was analysed using a thematic content approach. Time-scarcity was common and associated with stress in relation to family food provisioning; this relationship was particularly apparent among employed mothers who were also studying. Most mothers valued nutrition and strove to provide nutritious meals, although they tended to work from their own nutritional understandings, not the national nutrition guidelines; they saw the nutrition guidelines as unhelpful because of the time demands that were implied. The study invites policy makers, practitioners and researchers to consider time for family food provisioning as a social determinant of family as well as women’s health, and structural strategies to address this health inequity for women.
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Baker, Phillip, Sharon Friel, Deborah Gleeson, Anne-Marie Thow, and Ronald Labonte. "Trade and nutrition policy coherence: a framing analysis and Australian case study." Public Health Nutrition 22, no. 12 (May 21, 2019): 2329–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980019000752.
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AbstractObjective:Maximising synergies and minimising conflicts (i.e. building policy coherence) between trade and nutrition policy is an important objective. One understudied driver of policy coherence is the alignment in the frames, discourses and values of actors involved in the respective sectors. In the present analysis, we aim to understand how such actors interpret (i.e. ‘frame’) nutrition and the implications for building trade–nutrition policy coherence.Design:We adopted a qualitative single case study design, drawing on key informant interviews with those involved in trade policy.Setting:We focused on the Australian trade policy sub-system, which has historically emphasised achieving market growth and export opportunities for Australian food producers.Participants:Nineteen key informants involved in trade policy spanning the government, civil society, business and academic sectors.Results:Nutrition had low ‘salience’ in Australian trade policy for several reasons. First, it was not a domestic political priority in Australia nor among its trading partners; few advocacy groups were advocating for nutrition in trade policy. Second, a ‘productivist’ policy paradigm in the food and trade policy sectors strongly emphasised market growth, export opportunities and deregulation over nutrition and other social objectives. Third, few opportunities existed for health advocates to influence trade policy, largely because of limited consultation processes. Fourth, the complexity of nutrition and its inter-linkages with trade presented difficulties for developing a ‘broader discourse’ for engaging the public and political leaders on the topic.Conclusions:Overcoming these ‘ideational challenges’ is likely to be important to building greater coherence between trade and nutrition policy going forward.
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Carey, Rachel, Martin Caraher, Mark Lawrence, and Sharon Friel. "Opportunities and challenges in developing a whole-of-government national food and nutrition policy: lessons from Australia’s National Food Plan." Public Health Nutrition 19, no. 1 (June 15, 2015): 3–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980015001834.
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AbstractObjectiveThe present article tracks the development of the Australian National Food Plan as a ‘whole of government’ food policy that aimed to integrate elements of nutrition and sustainability alongside economic objectives.DesignThe article uses policy analysis to explore the processes of consultation and stakeholder involvement in the development of the National Food Plan, focusing on actors from the sectors of industry, civil society and government. Existing documentation and submissions to the Plan were used as data sources. Models of health policy analysis and policy streams were employed to analyse policy development processes.SettingAustralia.SubjectsAustralian food policy stakeholders.ResultsThe development of the Plan was influenced by powerful industry groups and stakeholder engagement by the lead ministry favoured the involvement of actors representing the food and agriculture industries. Public health nutrition and civil society relied on traditional methods of policy influence, and the public health nutrition movement failed to develop a unified cross-sector alliance, while the private sector engaged in different ways and presented a united front. The National Food Plan failed to deliver an integrated food policy for Australia. Nutrition and sustainability were effectively sidelined due to the focus on global food production and positioning Australia as a food ‘superpower’ that could take advantage of the anticipated ‘dining boom’ as incomes rose in the Asia-Pacific region.ConclusionsNew forms of industry influence are emerging in the food policy arena and public health nutrition will need to adopt new approaches to influencing public policy.
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Helson, Catherine, Ruth Walker, Claire Palermo, Kim Rounsefell, Yudit Aron, Catherine MacDonald, Petah Atkinson, and Jennifer Browne. "Is Aboriginal nutrition a priority for local government? A policy analysis." Public Health Nutrition 20, no. 16 (August 14, 2017): 3019–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980017001902.
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AbstractObjectiveThe present study aimed to explore how Australian local governments prioritise the health and well-being of Aboriginal populations and the extent to which nutrition is addressed by local government health policy.DesignIn the state of Victoria, Australia, all seventy-nine local governments’ public health policy documents were retrieved. Inclusion of Aboriginal health and nutrition in policy documents was analysed using quantitative content analysis. Representation of Aboriginal nutrition ‘problems’ and ‘solutions’ was examined using qualitative framing analysis. The socio-ecological framework was used to classify the types of Aboriginal nutrition issues and strategies within policy documents.SettingVictoria, Australia.SubjectsLocal governments’ public health policy documents (n79).ResultsA small proportion (14 %,n11) of local governments addressed Aboriginal health and well-being in terms of nutrition. Where strategies aimed at nutrition existed, they mostly focused on individual factors rather than the broader macroenvironment.ConclusionsA limited number of Victorian local governments address nutrition as a health issue for their Aboriginal populations in policy documents. Nutrition needs to be addressed as a community and social responsibility rather than merely an individual ‘behaviour’. Partnerships are required to ensure Aboriginal people lead government policy development.
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Cullerton, K., T. Donnet, A. Lee, and D. Gallegos. "Exploring power and influence in nutrition policy in Australia." Obesity Reviews 17, no. 12 (October 5, 2016): 1218–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obr.12459.
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Sulda, Heidi, John Coveney, and Michael Bentley. "An investigation of the ways in which public health nutrition policy and practices can address climate change." Public Health Nutrition 13, no. 3 (June 23, 2009): 304–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980009990334.
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AbstractObjectiveTo develop a framework to guide action in the public health nutrition workforce to develop policies and practices addressing factors contributing to climate change.DesignAction/consultative research.SettingInterviews – South Australia, questionnaire – Australia.SubjectsInterviews – key informants (n 6) were from various government, academic and non-government positions, invited through email. Questionnaire – participants were members of the public health nutrition workforce (n 186), recruited to the study through emails from public health nutrition contacts for each State in Australia (with the exception of South Australia).ResultsSupport by participants for climate change as a valid role for dietitians and nutritionists was high (78 %). However, climate change was ranked low against other public health nutrition priorities. Support of participants to conduct programmes to address climate change from professional and work organisations was low. The final framework developed included elements of advocacy/lobbying, policy, professional recognition/support, organisational support, knowledge/skills, partnerships and programmes.ConclusionsThis research demonstrates a need for public health nutrition to address climate change, which requires support by organisations, policy, improved knowledge and increased professional development opportunities.
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Cullerton, Katherine, Tom White, and Amanda Lee. "Doctors Rule: An Analysis of Health Ministers’ Diaries in Australia." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 13 (July 9, 2019): 2440. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16132440.
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Limited progress in nutrition policy action is often blamed on the close relationships the food industry has with health policy decision-makers. This analysis sought to examine this belief through the analysis of health ministers’ diaries. Entries were downloaded from health ministers’ diaries from two states in Australia from January 2013 to June 2018. Entries were coded according to which interest group met with the minister or whether general parliamentary business was undertaken. Coding was also undertaken for any meeting topics related to nutrition policy. Analysis of health ministers’ diaries found that the food industry has limited documented interaction with the two state health ministers in Australia. Instead, medical associations, private hospitals and health services, and sporting associations (rugby league associations) had the most interactions with health ministers. Poor representation was seen on nutrition issues, and there was an apparent lack of nutrition advocates interacting with the health ministers. There are opportunities for nutrition advocates to increase their level of interaction with state health ministers. This could include building alliances with medical associations, as they are in a powerful position, to advocate directly to health ministers. Health ministers’ diaries can provide valuable insights into who is meeting officially with ministers. However, there are also limitations with the dataset.
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D'Cunha, Nathan, Jane Kellett, Stephen Isbel, Elizabeth Low, Stephanie Mulhall, Brittany Harriden, Felix Liu, et al. "Nutrition and Healthy Ageing Trajectories in Retirement Living in the Australian Capital Territory: Study Protocol." Current Developments in Nutrition 5, Supplement_2 (June 2021): 1271. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzab057_001.
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Abstract Objectives There are a growing number of people aged over 55 years living in retirement communities in Australia. These communities typically consist of accommodation, services and community facilities which cater to older people and the desire to maintain independence. The Nutrition and Healthy Ageing Trajectories in Retirement Living (NutriHAT-RL) study aims to investigate the nutrition and lifestyle-based behaviours which contribute to healthy ageing and the maintenance of social and physical functioning among older people living in retirement communities. Methods This study will recruit a total of 2,770 people aged 55 years or over living in retirement communities in the Australian Capital Territory and southern New South Wales regions of Australia for a four-year prospective longitudinal study commencing in March 2021. A range of measures, including nutritional intake, health and lifestyle behaviours, cognitive and psychological function, and physical health, will be completed on three occasions over a total of four years. Participants will complete a face-to-face comprehensive, validated food frequency questionnaire at each time point. Risk of malnutrition and nutritional behaviour (emotional appetite and intuitive eating) will also be evaluated. Multiple mental, social, and physical health domains will be assessed at each time point. This will include cognitive and mental health (depression, anxiety, and loneliness) screening, social and occupational functioning questionnaires, self-reported and observed physical function assessments, and sleep quality. Bitter taste endophenotype, salivary C-reactive protein, telomere length, and blood biomarkers associated with healthy ageing will also be evaluated. Results Ethics approval has been obtained through the University of Canberra Human Ethics Research Committee (UCHREC-2306). To reduce risk of COVID-19 transmissions, a risk mitigation plan has been developed. Conclusions The NutriHAT-RL study will be the first Australian longitudinal study with a focus on nutrition and healthy ageing in people living in retirement communities. Findings from this study will contribute to understanding of nutrition and healthy ageing in this growing population and will inform policy and practice related to nutrition and ageing in place. Funding Sources N/A.
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Gidley, Michael J. "Food quality, safety, and functionality – relevance to nutrition security." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1024, no. 1 (May 1, 2022): 012002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1024/1/012002.
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Abstract Achieving nutrition security through diet quality is a major challenge globally, as reflected in the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. To aid in this, there is a global consensus that diet quality is a result of overall dietary patterns rather than individual nutrients. This puts the emphasis on food quality and availability and is causing a major re-think in the science of nutrition. Recently, the Australian Academy of Science produced a Decadal Plan for the Science of Nutrition (https://www.science.org.au/supporting-science/science-policy-and-analysis/decadal-plans-science/nourishing-australia-decadal-plan) that identified three areas of focus: Social Determinants, Nutrition Mechanisms and Precision Nutrition as well as the Enabling Platforms that should result in greater opportunities to achieve nutrition security. This presentation will discuss these three areas and platforms in the context of targets for agriculture and food processing.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Nutrition policy Australia"
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Hughes, Roger, and n/a. "Public Health Nutrition Workforce Development: An Intelligence-Based Blueprint for Australia." Griffith University. School of Health Science, 2004. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20040615.120233.
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Public health nutrition workforce development is a capacity building strategy identified as a priority in the Australian National Public Health Nutrition Strategy (Eat Well Australia). Systematic and scholarly approaches to workforce development that enhance the capacity of the health system and the broader community to effectively address public health nutrition issues, are limited in Australia. The associated lack of intelligence and a range of methodological difficulties similar to those encountered in broader public health workforce research, provide the need for, and motivation for, this study. The specific objectives of this study relate to the development of workforce development intelligence that: Fills gaps in the knowledge base to inform effective workforce development ; Provides baseline data (benchmarks) for ongoing workforce development planning, evaluation, monitoring and surveillance ; and, Contributes to international scholarship regarding public health nutrition workforce development ; and, Enables the development of a strategic framework for workforce development planning in the national context. The case study research strategy used in this study involved an emergent, multi-method design involving methodological triangulation of data and consensus development. The focus of inquiry was based on a problem-based conceptual framework developed to identify intelligence needs for workforce development strategy planning. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected using five different methods including literature review, interviews with advanced-level public health nutritionists in Australia, a national public health nutrition workforce survey, an analysis of position descriptions and consensus assessment and development via a Delphi survey of an international expert panel. The collection, analysis and interpretation of data in this study focused on developing an intelligence base on six main issues pertinent to public health nutrition workforce development, including: Definitions of public health nutrition; Workforce size and composition; Workforce practices; Core workforce functions needed; Competencies required for effective public health nutrition practice; and, Continuing competency development needs. Data from these multiple methods were used to describe and interpret the determinants of workforce capacity, assisted by triangular analysis. This analysis identified a range of determinants limiting the capacity of the Australian public health nutrition workforce including; A small designated specialist public health nutrition workforce; Workforce instability associated with unsecured funding and staff turnover; Limited collaboration and partnership building practices by the existing workforce; Disorganisation of the workforce in terms of location, accountability, service mandates and support; Workforce practices are not consistent with the required work; Limited access to, and use of, public health nutrition intelligence; A workforce practice culture that does not promote research and dissemination; A lack of practice improvement and learning systems; Limited access to public health nutrition mentors; Limited incentives for practice excellence; An absence of consensus about the required work and competencies required for effective public health nutrition practice; Barriers to continuing competency development; and, Inadequate workforce preparation. This interpretive analysis provided the basis for developing a strategic framework that addresses workforce quantity, quality and performance concerns, based on workforce development strategy categories including: Building human resource infrastructure (quantity); Organisational systems and policy (performance); Intelligence support (performance); Learning systems (quality) and; Workforce preparation. This research has also provided data that can for the basis of tools such as definitions, core function statements, position descriptions and competency standards to assist public health nutrition workforce development in Australia and internationally.
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Cullerton, Katherine B. "An exploration of the factors influencing public health nutrition policymaking in Australia." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2017. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/109095/1/Katherine_Cullerton_Thesis.pdf.
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This thesis was an exploration of the factors that influence nutrition policymaking in Australia which resulted in strategies that could be used by poorly-resourced health organisations to gain traction in public health nutrition policymaking. Insight into these strategies was gained through a social network analysis exploring the power of interest groups and their influence on nutrition policy in Australia and in-depth interviews with these key influencers.
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Logan, Erica. "Children and healthy eating: A global, policy and school curriculum perspective." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2005. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1569.
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Healthy eating is a topic most people would consider they have an understanding of, yet it is an area which is not often addressed from a critical perspective. Healthy eating is freely discussed in society. It is a dominant discourse used commercially and frequently appears in educational 'texts', however the discourses surrounding healthy eating for children are not well analysed and are most often controlled by the media and often not challenged. A critical perspective to children's eating is adopted for this portfolio and multiple perspectives bought to bare regarding the globalisation of food cultures, and governance and policy influences on healthy eating for children. Healthy eating for children is presented and problematised as a concept while family changes in eating patterns and curriculum influences are interpreted and challenged through the development of a case study investigation of an educational intervention. Findings of the intervention indicate that families are struggling with the notion of healthy eating through a range of parental pressures whereas and any additional assistance regarding healthy eating for children is well received by parents and accepted by children.
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Mcguire, Julianne. "Exploring barriers and enablers in early childhood education and care services to meet Australian infant feeding guidelines." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2020. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/201105/1/Julianne_McGuire_Thesis.pdf.
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This thesis studies infant and young child feeding in Early Childhood Education and Care services in Australia, an environment of increasing importance to the child population. It examines policies and practices highlighting the need for visibility, support and collaboration in infant feeding in the first 1000 days to support ongoing health and development. It uniquely gives voice to experience of assessors as well as educators and families in eliciting strategies for increasing awareness and support for optimal infant and young child feeding practices in Early Childhood Education and Care.
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Brownbill, Aimee Lee. "Marketing and Consumer Perceptions of Sugar-Containing Beverages Positioned as Healthy or as Having Health-Related Benefits." Thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/127016.
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Reducing population consumption of sugar-containing beverages is widely acknowledged as an important public health measure to address high population prevalence of overweight and obesity and related non-communicable diseases. In this thesis, I address marketing as a key driver of consumption and explore how advertising may function to negate increasing consumer concerns about sugar in beverages. My specific aims were to investigate how sugar-containing beverages are being marketed as healthy, or as having health-related benefits, and, how health-related marketing influences consumers’ perceptions of the healthfulness of these beverages. In study one, I conducted a cross-sectional audit of sugar-containing beverages sold in 17 Australian supermarkets during 2016. I analysed the content of 945 sugar-containing beverage labels to assess the extent and nature of explicit and implicit features that positioned them as healthy or better-for-you. I found that 88% of labels displayed advertising that positioned the beverage as healthy or better-for-you. Certain types of beverages were strongly positioned in this way. I also examined the use of the Health Star Rating System, a government-endorsed front-of-pack labelling scheme, in a sub-set analysis of 762 ready-to-drink sized beverages. I found that in its voluntary nature the system was preferentially displayed on high sugar products that scored a healthy rating, namely juices. In this way the system functioned more as tool for advertising juices than a comprehensive tool for informing consumers. In study two, I further explored the positioning of sugar-containing beverages as healthy or better-for-you in television advertisements. All advertisements on free-to-air television from one Australian major network were collected during 2016. I qualitatively analysed 37 unique advertisements from beverage manufacturers to examine health-related messaging in sugar-containing beverage television advertisements. I observed that beverages were positioned as contributing a functional role to promote and enhance physical, mental and social health and wellbeing. In this way, advertisements were situated in wider understandings and conceptualisations of health. In study three, I explored how young adults conceptualise the healthfulness of sugar-containing beverages. I conducted seven semi-structured focus groups with South Australians aged 18 to 25 years (n=32) to elicit information on perceptions regarding beverage healthfulness and how participants evaluated whether a beverage was healthy, or healthier than others. I found that conceptualisation of beverage healthfulness was a balancing act in which participants weighed up their perceptions of beverage ingredients and properties that they saw to be harmful to health, necessary for health, and beneficial to health. In beverages that are positioned as healthy, ingredients and properties perceived as health-promoting appeared to outweigh concern for sugar content. The studies provide insight into how sugar-containing beverages are being advertised within the current sugar-conscious era and how this positioning aligns with consumers’ understanding of health-promoting products. This body of work highlights the gaps in current advertising regulations that allow beverages high in sugar to be positioned as healthy or as having health-related benefits and makes recommendations for strengthening these regulations. Further, this body of work can be used to inform public health interventions which seek to counter misperceptions of beverage healthfulness.Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Public Health, 2020
Books on the topic "Nutrition policy Australia"
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National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia). Recommended dietary intakes for use in Australia. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1992.
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Gillespie, Stuart. How nutrition improves: A report based on an ACC/SCN Workshop held on 25-27 September 1993 at the 15th IUNS International Congress on Nutrition, Adelaide, Australia. Geneva, Switzerland: ACC/SCN c/o World Health Organization, 1996.
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NHMRC Expert Panel on National Food and Nutrition Monitoring and Surveillance Strategy (Australia) and Australian Institute of Health and Welfare., eds. Australia's food & nutrition. Canberra: Australian Govt. Pub. Service, 1994.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Towards national indicators for food and nutrition: An AIHW view : reporting against the Dietary Guidelines for Australian Adults. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2006.
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Bolderson, Helen. Social policy and social security in Australia, Britain, and the USA. Aldershot: Avebury, 1991.
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Office, General Accounting. International trade: Canada and Australia rely heavily on wheat boards to market grain : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Domestic and Foreign Marketing and Product Promotion, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, U.S. Senate. Washington, D.C: U.S. General Accounting Office, 1992.
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