BRAVE - Flinders research and innovation series

Thinking outside the (lunch)box

Getting better nutrition onto kids’ plates

Thinking outside the (lunch)box

Getting better nutrition onto kids’ plates

Professor Rebecca Golley and guest panellist Themis Chryssidis, Managing Director of Sprout Cooking School, discuss childhood obesity prevention, nutrition promotion and food-related cultures and behaviours, all in an effort to getter better nutrition onto kids’ plates.

Flinders researcher

Professor Rebecca Golley

Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Theme Lead, Better Lives, Caring Futures Institute

Rebecca is a nationally recognised expert in childhood obesity and nutrition promotion. She has undertaken postdoctoral research in the UK and with Australian agencies such as the CSIRO and NHMRC.

Rebecca leads a program of public health nutrition research at Flinders University. She is currently contributing to a national project and new free toolkit: VegKIT for educators, health professionals and agencies, and is researching the potential efficacy of using digital platforms to disseminate nutritional information.

Resources

VegKIT

Sprout

Caring Futures Institute

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