Ep 56: 100% fat-free!

This week, for the first time ever, I’m not looking at a particular research paper, but rather giving over the whole episode to an interview with Jane Martin. Jane is the Executive Manager of the Food for Health Alliance, which has just re-launched its Brands Off Our Kids campaign.

Jane is a fount of knowledge and insight into the way that the media environment shapes children’s diets, and the flow-on impacts on their health. We also discuss the various ways that governments have tried to stem the flood of food advertising into children’s lives, and what more could be done.

I’m also planning to put out some bonus content with a few more observations from Jane, so watch this space - and if you haven’t done so already, and want to be alerted when it drops:

This will be the last episode for the year, and I’ll be thinking hard over the break about future directions for the new year, so if you have any suggestions this would be a great time to make them.

Wishing all my listeners the very best of the coming season, and looking forward to seeing what great things we can achieve in 2025.

Show notes

Interview details: Food for Health Alliance https://www.foodforhealthalliance.org.au/

Overweight and obesity statistics in Australia

* https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/overweight-obesity/overweight-and-obesity/contents/summary

Diets and discretionary foods

* https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/food-nutrition/diet

* https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/health/health-conditions-and-risks/apparent-consumption-selected-foodstuffs-australia/2022-23

Infant and toddler foods

* https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1326020024000335

Unhealthy food marketing

* https://www.obesityevidencehub.org.au/collections/prevention/the-impact-of-food-marketing-on-children

* https://www.obesityevidencehub.org.au/collections/prevention/australias-system-of-regulation

* https://www.foodforhealthalliance.org.au/campaigns/brands-off-our-kids

Policy developments in the UK

* https://healthmedia.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/06/here-are-the-facts-about-our-junk-food-ban/

* https://www.london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/communities-and-social-justice/food/tfl-junk-food-ads-ban-will-tackle-child-obesity#:~:text=Junk%20food%20advertising%20will%20be,tackle%20child%20obesity%20in%20London.

* https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/sugar-tax

Policy developments in Australia

* https://consultations.health.gov.au/national-preventive-health-taskforce/public-consultation-feasibility-study-on-options-t/

* https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/national-obesity-strategy-2022-2032?language=en

* https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/national-preventive-health-strategy-2021-2030?language=en

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