Topics: Nutrition

Keeping track of healthy food: monitoring and planning for better nutrition

17 September, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 3  Nutrition  Remote  Rural  

Brimblecombe J (2008)
Keeping track of healthy food: monitoring and planning for improvements in the national quality of the store food supply in remote communities.
Darwin: Menzies School of Health Research


Estimated nutrient intake of urban Indigenous participants enrolled in a lifestyle intervention program

1 July, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 3  Nutrition  Obesity  Queensland  

Longstreet D, Health D, Savage I, Vink R, Panaretto KS (2008)
Estimated nutrient intake of urban Indigenous participants enrolled in a lifestyle intervention program.
Nutrition and Dietetics;65(2):128-133


Gender, ethnicity, culture and social class influences on childhood obesity among Australian schoolchildren: implications for treatment, prevention and community education.

6 June, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 2  Obesity  Children  

O’Dea JA (2008)
Gender, ethnicity, culture and social class influences on childhood obesity among Australian schoolchildren: implications for treatment, prevention and community education.
Health and Social Care in the Community;16(3):282-290


Preventing growth faltering among Australian Indigenous children: implications for policy and practice

12 May, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 2  Nutrition  Growth  Children  

McDonald EL, Bailie RS, Rumbold AR, Morris PS, Paterson BA (2008)
Preventing growth faltering among Australian Indigenous children: implications for policy and practice.
Medical Journal of Australia;188(Supplement 8):S84-S86


Remote Indigenous Stores and Takeaways Project - Resources

1 April, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 2  Nutrition  

The Remote Indigenous Stores and Takeaways (RIST) Project was established in 2005 by the SA, WA, NT, QLD, NSW and Australian Government Health Departments to improve access to a healthy food supply for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in remote communities.


Good tucker, good health: National Nutrition Networks Conference ‘08

1 April, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 2  Nutrition  

The Good tucker - good health conference, the first of its kind since 1999