Alexandra Jones
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Strengthening law’s role in improving Australia’s diet
This post first appeared in MJA InSight and is reproduced with the kind permission of the MJA.Read the original ↗ THE law can be a powerful tool for improving population health, but remains underutilised in addressing Australia’s huge burden of diet-related disease. Taken in a broad sense, the law includes legally binding rules found in…
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Cracking the Codex: the new frontier for nutrition labelling
Food labels hit the New York Times recently when leaks from North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations suggested the US was being urged by big American food and soft-drink companies to limit the ability of the pact’s three members – Mexico, Canada and the US – to implement warning labels on unhealthy foods. There is no escaping…
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Consider yourself warned: Public health coming to a fast food menu near you
New York City’s Board of Health last week unanimously agreed to require ‘salt-shaker’ warning symbols on menu items with more than an entire day’s recommended limit of 2300mg of sodium. That’s around one teaspoon of salt. Restaurants with more than 15 outlets nationally will display warnings from 1 December 2015. Industry groups and the National…
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Does Coca Cola have a role in delivering Pacific aid?
The Foreign Minister, The Hon. Julie Bishop MP has announced that Australia will partner with companies like Coca-Cola to distribute essential medicines to Pacific Island recipients of Australian aid. The Minister is right about one thing: tobacco and fizzy drink companies have strong distribution networks that reach into the remotest parts of low income countries…