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Clare Whitton PhD

@clarewhitton.bsky.social

Public Health Nutritionist | Research Fellow | Food environments | Food policy | ECU | Curtin

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Scientists demand cancer warnings on bacon and ham sold in UK Successive governments criticised for doing โ€˜virtually nothingโ€™ to reduce risk in the decade since cancer link found

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

26.10.2025 02:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Feeding Australia: Shaping Our National Food Security Strategy Webinar Join leading food security experts to learn what's at stake and how you can contribute to shaping a national food strategy that truly works for all Australians

Webinar hosted by Sustain on 10th Sept
Feeding Australia: Shaping Our National Food Security Strategy Webinar

events.humanitix.com/feeding-aust...

03.09.2025 03:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Not sure what health career path is right for you?
Our WA Branch @phaa-wa.bsky.social and the Australian Health Promotion Association will hold a #CareerNight on 3 September at 5.30 โ€“ 8 pm AWST in Bentley. Hear from professionals and be inspired. Register: phaa.eventsair.com/wa-student-c...

06.08.2025 04:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Transformation to a healthy food system is blocked by three key barriers Nairobi, 1 July 2025 โ€“ย Despite its critical role in sustaining billions of lives, the global food system fails to deliver for health, rights, and particularly, nature. A report published today by the ...

New report by @unep.org and @chathamhouse.org argues #FoodSystems transformation is hampered by 3 lock-ins:
1๏ธโƒฃ the โ€œcheap foodโ€ paradigm
2๏ธโƒฃ market concentration (and vested interests of those who benefit from statu quo)
3๏ธโƒฃ investment path dependencies
www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

01.07.2025 15:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜A war of the truthโ€™: Europeโ€™s heatwaves are failing to spur support for climate action Voters may feel hotter summers are โ€˜too muchโ€™ but they appear to tolerate roll-back of policies to stop global heating

"Too many people in power or with platforms 'have not yet understood that weโ€™re in a war of language โ€“ and a war of the truth โ€“ about the climate,' she added. 'And too few of us are actively standing in the way of that'."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

05.07.2025 21:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 77    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

The study found an association between maternal diet and ADHD. Not causation as the cover headline suggests.

05.04.2025 06:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿšจ More than 80 independent nutrition scientists have signed an open letter raising concerns over an industry-backed effort to redefine the Nova food classification systemโ€”the very framework that has helped expose the harms of ultra-processed foods (UPFs). ๐Ÿงต1/7 drive.google.com/file/d/1SDWK...

02.03.2025 01:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

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