Best practice recommendations for physical activity to prevent falls in older adults
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Recommendations to support young driver safety
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Reducing the burden of kidney disease in Australia
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Road safety recommendations in the northern territory
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Strategies for reducing population salt intake
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FoodSwitch App
About FoodSwitchDownload the FoodSwitch State of the Food Supply Report 2023FAQsFoodSwitchThe purpose of FoodSwitch is to bring transparency to the world’s food supply with a vision of an optimised food system for human health and the health of our planet. There are many studies highlighting the link between diet, ill-health and disease. Globally, 1 in 5 deaths are associated with poor diet, with cardiovascular disease being the biggest contributor, followed by cancers and type 2 diabetes. Additionally, it is estimated that between 30% and 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions (GHGe) are attributable to the food system.To achieve this, we collect and analyse data from packaged food labels and currently hold food composition data from 17 jurisdictions worldwide. The data is used for research and advocacy to influence government policy and industry practice toward improved food environments. Additionally, our FoodSwitch App allows consumers to make better food choices by providing simple health and nutr
Investing in healthier lives: Pathways to healthcare financing reform in Australia
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Improving pregnancy and lifelong care in rural India with SMARThealth Pregnancy
STORIES OF IMPACTSravanthi’s story
Sravanthi lives in Siddipet in the Indian state of Telangana. When Sravanthi was first pregnant, her husband was very unwell and she was under great stress. She developed pre-eclampsia and lost her baby in the eighth month of the pregnancy.
“I started bleeding, so I was rushed to government hospital in Siddipet. Over there they referred me to Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad where they had to remove the baby. My blood pressure had increased, and the baby passed away in my womb in the 8th month. No one even tried to understand what had happened or how it happened.By: SravanthiSMARThealth patient
THE challengeNCDs and Pregnancy
1 in 7Pregnant womensuffer from gestational diabetes
50%of those womenwill develop type ii diabetes within 5–10 years
1 in 10Pregnant womenwill suffer from pre-eclampsia
Over 50%of indian womenare anaemic during pregnancy
Over 80%of maternal deathsare partiallydue to anaemia
The George Institute's pre-budget submission 2023 – 2024
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SuSTAInZ - Supporting Successful Transition to Adult belts In Cars: examining effectiveness of optimiZed tools
BackgroundOptimal crash protection requires the most appropriate restraint for a child’s size. For children <7 years, Australian law dictates the restraint type to be used. For children ≥7 years, parents can choose the restraint that best suits their child, for example using seatbelts or a booster seat. However, current literature suggests that there is confusion about when their children can safely use seatbelts. This stems from the fact that optimal protection from a seatbelt requires a good match between child size and geometry of both the seatbelt and the vehicle seat. Yet there is a wide variation of seatbelt and vehicle seat geometry across different cars. This coupled with intrinsic variations in child size makes it difficult to provide advice using age or height. The result is that many children ≥7 years inappropriately use seatbelts, increasing risk of injury in a crash.Current best practice advice for parents to make transition decisions is the 5-step test. Our recent study shows that the 5
Pre-Budget Submission 2021–22 - Building Back Better: Investing in Five Medical Research Ideas
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Centre of Research Excellence: Healthy Food, Healthy Planet, Healthy People
Millions of Australians and hundreds of millions of people around the world suffer from conditions caused by excessive consumption of unhealthy foods and insufficient intake of healthy foods. The food system is one of the largest contributors to environmental degradation through greenhouse gas emissions, water use and deforestation, and one of the sectors hardest hit by climate change. Access to information about the nutritional quality and environmental impacts of the food we eat is a basic consumer right, yet is lacking.
The Healthy Food, Healthy Planet, Healthy People Centre for Research Excellence will deliver world-leading innovations in nutrient profiling algorithms and environmental indicators that estimate the human and planetary consequences of varying patterns of food and beverage consumption.
The project will: Identify effective means of conveying combined nutrition and sustainability information. Use the developed algorithms, environmental indicators and user response data