Public Health Nutrition from Foodies in the Field Sophie Wright-Pedersen
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- Health & Fitness
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Stories from diverse, dynamic and fascinating public health nutritionists, dietitians and foodies alike. Inspiring new connections, new ideas and new foodies
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Foodies in the Field is taking a (short) break
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. Being able to do this podcast means the world to me and I want to be able to do it justice and give it the energy ...
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Ultra-processed foods are killing us and the planet, with Kim Anastasiou
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 sustainable food systems. Previously, Kim has held the roles of ‘Young Scientist’ for the UN FAO’s World Food Forum (2022...
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Dr. Fiona Willer on reducing weight stigma in community health
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 within programs and policies to challenge the obesity-centric language often used in these contexts. W...
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'Yhunger' a food literacy program for youth by youth, with Rowena Yamazaki
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 touches on topics that you may find distressing, including the violence, abuse and neglect of children, eating disorder...
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Is Australia really the lucky country? The who, what, why and how to address food insecurity, with Dr. Sue Kleve
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 mechanisms to address the underlying determinants of this wicked problem. For further information, chec...
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Interrogating the Health Star Rating, with Dr. Alexandra Jones
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 effective its been and what needs to happen to make it better for population health into the future. For f...
Customer Reviews
My favourite podcast!
As a public health nutritionist I highly recommend this podcast to my team of Nutritionists & Dietitians to learn all about the fabulous research & interventions happening in our field. The topics & guest speakers are all so interesting & I look forward to each podcast that is released!
Topical and so interesting
Love listening along, thank you for highlighting these important issues
Engaging and digestible
Like majority of dietitians, I left university and entered my career as a clinical dietitian. Over a number of years, experiences and people I met along that clinical pathway slowly opened my eyes to the world of public health nutrition and the impact that social determinants have on health. Here’s to hoping that this podcast coverts some of the time I spent discovering into action and progress within public health for our next generation of public health nutritionists. Thanks Sophie for promoting the foodies doing such amazing work in this very important field!!