2008 Jan - Mar News Archive

Victorians encouraged to “just add fruit & veg”

Eating enough fruit and vegetables has become even easier for Victorians with the new Just Add Fruit & Veg statewide campaign. Funded by the Victorian Government’s ‘Go for your life’ strategy and coordinated by the Heart Foundation and Melbourne Wholesale Fruit, Vegetable & Flower Market (Melbourne Market Authority). More...

Junk Food Injunction Newsletter - 2008 Summer edition

In this issue: Industry Code for advertising to Children - Parents tired of running the super market junk food gauntlet - Experts criticise new TV food advertising regulations - The Colonel's latest public relations move out for a duck. More...

Kid advocate wants junk food ad ban

Tasmania's Children's Commissioner has called for a ban on junk food advertising and large labels to show a food's kilojoule count. More...

SA Govt takes on junk food advertising

The South Australian Government is planning to ban junk food advertising in children's viewing times, saying it has received legal advice that it is possible to enforce the ban at the state level. More...

New fitness regime for Qld schools

Education Queensland says there will be a special focus on increasing physical activity at school this year. More...

New Research Links Salt Intake To Childhood Obesity

New evidence by the American Heart Association suggests that children who eat low-salt diets reduce their risk of obesity. More...

Food and Drink Marketing Code

In March 2008, The Parents Jury pledged support for a proposed global code on food and drink marketing to children. Read the campaign background, download a copy of the code and media coverage here. More...

How to stay slim? Walk a MARATHON a week

BRITAIN - A study found that those who exercised for 60 to 90 minutes a day - walking the equivalent of a marathon each week - tended to shed at least two stones and kept the weight off for six years. More...

CLP want better food in tuckshops

Ahead of this week's return to the school year, the Northern Territory Opposition's health spokesman has criticised the Government for not enforcing healthy food policies in school canteens. More...

More pain, but no gain

Teenagers are doing more exercise than they used to, suggesting a lack of organised physical activity may not be to blame for rising obesity levels. More...

Schools gear up for Smart Moves

With 2008 designated as the Year of Physical Activity in Queensland, the government has announced the introduction of Smart Moves - Physical Activity Programs in State Schools. More...

Parents scared children overeat salt

Although the health problems associated with high blood pressure often do not appear until later in life, they are strongly influenced by childhood health. More...