Tag: healthy food
Ultra-processed foods are trashing our health – and the planet
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Our world is facing a huge challenge: we need to create enough high-quality, diverse and nutritious food to feed a growing population –...
Appetite for convenience: how the surge in online food delivery could be harming our health
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With the simple touch of a smartphone, online food delivery services conveniently offer takeaway food straight to your door.
Contact-free delivery has surged in popularity...
Combo meal deals and price discounts on fast food encourage us to eat more junk. It’s time for policy action
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Australians love to eat out, especially fast food. About a third of household food budgets are spent on food prepared outside the home, with...
We looked at the health star rating of 20,000 foods and this is what we found
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As you read this, health officials are busy finalising the government’s review of the health star rating system on packaged foods.
One of the issues...
If you took to growing veggies in the coronavirus pandemic, then keep it up when lockdown ends
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The COVID-19 pandemic produced a run on the things people need to produce their own food at home, including vegetable seedlings, seeds and chooks.
This turn...
Easter eggs can bring a little ‘normality’ to kids in isolation. But should we ration them or let kids eat how many they like?
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This Easter will be especially challenging, with family isolation and many parents under financial strain, or other stressors.
So, many parents will be looking...