If the food movement's goal is to reclaim a corporatised food system by 'rebuilding the public sphere from the ground up', what does this look like?
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Too much refined sugar in your diet is not just a risk factor for obesity and diabetes, it also increases your chances of heart disease.
No wonder obesity is a tough public health issue for governments to deal with. Our research has uncovered a range of barriers to tackling it, some more obvious than others.
While other nations have successfully reduced their sodium intake, Australians are still eating too much salt. And we’re paying the price with our health; a high-salt diet can lead to high blood pressure…
Criticism of the food industry has itself become a niche industry. But the tendency to embrace a US-centric conception of how the industry works risks masking local variants and inhibiting a targeted response…
On Saturday night, just hours before the latest quarter-finals of the World Cup, viewers watching SBS World News were exposed to over two and a half minutes of marketing for Coca-Cola. And that’s not even…
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Associate Professor, Deakin University
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Professor, Food Policy. Director of World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Population Salt Reduction, George Institute for Global Health
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DECRA Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Phillip Baker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Alfred Deakin Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University
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Doctoral researcher in public health law, University of Sydney
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Research fellow, University of York
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Media and Communications, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney
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Professor of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
