Media coverage
The Prevention Centre wants to engage with the broader community about the prevention of lifestyle-related chronic disease. This section includes media coverage of our work and events.
Forget vitamins, eating properly is as easy as this plate
3 August 2018: Professor Amanda Lee talks to Radio 3AW about how to get enough vitamins without taking supplements.
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What would you do with a hundred million dollars for prevention? A UK perspective
24 July 2018: Chief Economist for Public Health England, Professor Brian Ferguson, discusses how he would target this modest investment in preventive health to achieve maximum gain.
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Sydney on top for liveability, but falling behind on public transport
24 July 2018: Sydney is the most liveable capital city in Australia, a new report has found, but is falling well short of meeting public transport expectations.
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The most comprehensive wrap on the national obesity inquiry that you will read today!
11 July 2018: The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre has made one of 120 submissions to a Senate inquiry into the obesity epidemic in Australia.
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The magic pill: how do the health claims in Pete Evans' paleo diet doco stack up?
21 June 2018: A documentary by celebrity chef Pete Evans — which depicts a high-fat, low-carb diet as a treatment for autism, asthma and even cancer — is back in the spotlight this month after Netflix was urged to pull the film from its streaming service.
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Too many cars, too few supermarkets: how Australia's cities really stack up
10 April 2018: From long commutes and high car dependency to the low provision of affordable housing in the more appealing areas, Australian cities still have plenty of room for improvement.
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Australian cities perform poorly across liveability indicators: study
11 October 2017: Professor Billie Giles-Corti spoke to RN Breakfast about the release of a new report that measures liveability in Australia’s state and territory capital cities.
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Bottleshops affect people’s health, so our laws need to reflect that
1 August 2017: Jan Shanthosh writes for The Conversation why public health impact should be taken into account when courts consider development applications for liquor outlets.
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