Healthy Beginnings received the Sydney Local Health District Innovation and Excellence Award
At the 2023 Sydney Local Health District (SLDH) Annual General Meeting, Drs Huilan Xu and Limin Buchanan proudly represented the…
Enabling healthy, affordable, environmentally sustainable childcare food provision at scale
The project will utilise a randomised control trial (RCT) design to explore the impact of two food waste reduction strategies,…
Prevention of Childhood Obesity Conference, Novo Nordisk Foundation, Denmark
Louise Baur, Jane Martin, and Rachael Taylor were lucky enough to spend a fabulous week in Copenhagen at the end…
Australia and New Zealand Obesity Society Annual Meeting, 18-20 Oct, Adelaide
CRE EPOCH-Translate investigators presented at the 2023 Australia and New Zealand Obesity Society Annual Meeting on 18-20 October in Adelaide. …
A submission on the Inquiry into Diabetes in Australia
Obesity is a significant risk factor for the development of Type 2 Diabetes. CRE EPOCH-Translate is calling on the Federal…
A review of strategies used to engage and promote healthy lifestyle behaviours to children from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds
Families who come from non-English speaking backgrounds (culturally and linguistically diverse, CALD) often face health challenges when they move to…
University of Nottingham visit and International Society of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) 2023 conference
To make good use of European travel prior to the ISBNPA conference in Sweden, Cynthia Smith (Deakin University) and I…
ISBNPA 2023
In June, EPOCH-Translate Stream 1 leads Brittany Johnson and Lene Seidler represented the TOPCHILD Collaboration at the International Society of…
New Paper | Child and adolescent obesity
This is a recently published comprehensive commissioned review of child and adolescent obesity, covering epidemiology, biology, consequences, prevention, treatment, quality…
Dr Karen Matvienko-Sikar visit to Adelaide 11-26th April
The Child and Families Research team in the Caring Futures Institute at Flinders University hosted visiting International Researcher, Dr Karen…
Nutrition and Growth Conference, London, March 2023
Child health behaviour screening tools (i.e. screening for diet, physical activity, sleep and sedentary behaviours) used in primary health care…
EPOCH Translate Academic Travel Award supports dissemination of TOPCHILD in the USA
Thanks to the EPOCH Translate Academic Development Travel Funding Award, Stream 1 Researcher and PhD candidate, Kylie Hunter, had the…