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- Making simple changes to the Health Star Rating (HSR) system to factor in ultra-processing would lower the high scores currently assigned to many unhealthy foods, according to new research published…10/7/2024 -Media releaseentity:node6,402,444,400,000,000.00000000000
- SYDNEY, NOV 18 - Leading public health and consumer groups welcome the outcomes of the Ministerial Forum as an important step in concluding the Health Star Rating (HSR) System Five Year…18/11/2019 -Media releaseentity:node6,332,081,600,000,000.00000000000
- New report shows it’s now time to make the system mandatory to protect our health Australia’s food industry is failing to meet already low targets for displaying the Health Star Rating (HSR) on…26/10/2023 -Media releaseentity:node6,294,373,400,000,000.00000000000
- Leading public health groups are calling for Health Star Ratings to be mandatory across all packaged food products, after an audit found almost two-thirds of items failed to display a rating a decade…13/11/2024 -Media releaseentity:node6,244,597,400,000,000.00000000000
- A review of almost 50,000 Australian packaged foods has found the Health Star Rating (HSR) system provides sound dietary advice on more than 97% of products. However, researchers at The George…14/5/2018 -Media releaseentity:node6,171,392,300,000,000.00000000000
- Mental health is one of the biggest causes of disability and carries enormous economic burden in India. It is estimated that 1 in every 5 Indians is suffering from some form of mental…18/5/2016 -Priority Areaentity:node2,684,697,350,000,000.000000000000
- SYDNEY, JULY 13 - Australia’s leading public health groups are anxiously awaiting the outcomes of an unexpected additional consultation on changes to the Health Star Rating front-of-pack nutrition…13/7/2020 -Media releaseentity:node1,791,930,550,000,000.000000000000
- The George Institute for Global Health in Sydney has been designated by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a Collaborating Centre on Population Sodium Reduction. The Centre will undertake…26/3/2013 -Media releaseentity:node1,730,250,390,000,000.000000000000
- SYDNEY, JUNE 25 - The novel coronavirus is the latest example of a disease that affects men and women differently – although more women are being infected with COVID-19, in many countries in the…25/6/2020 -Media releaseentity:node1,385,206,810,000,000.000000000000
- Five years on, what’s next for the Health Star Rating on packaged foods? Walk into the average supermarket today and you’ll face around 20,000 products. We are, quite literally, spoilt for choice.…12/11/2019 -Evententity:node1,036,667,260,000,000.000000000000
- Drop that yogurt. Instead, try this one with less sugar, fat and fewer unpronounceable additives. That’s the message from FoodSwitch — a free mobile app developed by researchers from The…29/6/2018 -Media releaseentity:node443,839,739,000,000.000000000000
- New research has found a gluten-free diet may not be the healthier food choice that many people think it is, with only obvious benefits to people with Coeliac disease. Lead author Dr Jason Wu from…07/7/2015 -Media releaseentity:node440,287,701,000,000.000000000000
- SYDNEY, OCT 30 - A device that minimises bed sores by automatically monitoring and turning bedridden patients; a portable, ultra-efficient microscope for the rapid detection of communicable diseases…05/11/2019 -Media releaseentity:node440,287,701,000,000.000000000000
- It turns out that British food isn’t that terrible, after all. A global survey has found that when it comes to having the healthiest packaged foods and drinks, the UK tops the charts, with the…21/8/2019 -Media releaseentity:node440,287,701,000,000.000000000000
- SYDNEY, MARCH 10 – The George Institute for Global Health today announced that $53 million from three Australian investors will now support the commercialisation of its world-leading research to…10/3/2020 -Media releaseentity:node438,532,905,000,000.000000000000
- SYDNEY, SEPT 27 - Salt sold in supermarkets and salt shakers in restaurants should be required to carry a front-of-pack, tobacco-style health warning, according to The World Hypertension League and…14/10/2019 -Media releaseentity:node438,532,905,000,000.000000000000
- Woolworths is still winning the supermarket war when it comes to the healthiest home brands, but Coles has the most products showing the familiar ‘Aussie made’ kangaroo logo according to the…02/12/2021 -Media releaseentity:node438,532,905,000,000.000000000000
- SYDNEY, SEPT 2 - Woolworths is winning the supermarket war when it comes to the healthiest home brands, according to FoodSwitch: The State of the Food Supply, but the new report shows there’s a lot…01/9/2020 -Media releaseentity:node436,792,067,000,000.000000000000
- Six out of ten Australian packaged foods are highly or ultra-processed, more than half are discretionary/junk foods and only one third are healthy, according to a new analysis by The George Institute…20/6/2018 -Media releaseentity:node436,792,067,000,000.000000000000
- Professors Robyn Norton AO and Stephen MacMahon AO, Founding Directors of The George Institute for Global Health, have gifted the medical research institute A$1M in seed capital for projects…13/6/2024 -Media releaseentity:node436,792,067,000,000.000000000000