Preventing the rise in obesity is a global public health priority. Neighbourhood environments
can help or undermine people's efforts to manage their weight, depending on availability of …

Background Availability and accessibility of nutritious foods can vary according to the food
outlets present within a neighbourhood or community. There is increasing evidence that …

ObjectivesTo develop an objective, nutrient-based, healthy eating indicator shopping basket
(HEISB) tool for use in studies of access to healthy food. DesignTool development used a …

Objective: Access to an affordable, nutritious food supply is an important determinant of
population health. Healthy food basket surveys have been used across Australia as a tool to …

Australian families increasingly rely on eating foods from outside the home, which increases
intake of energy-dense nutrient-poor foods.'Kids' Menus' are designed to appeal to families …

(1) Background: Our aim was to conduct objective, baseline food environment audits of two
major western Sydney public hospitals and compare them to recently revised state …

The increasing availability of packaged foods plays a key role in nutritional transition. This
study examined the healthiness of the Australian packaged food supply using a range of …

ObjectiveNutrition evaluation tools should be developed both for scientific purposes and to
encourage and facilitate healthy nutritional practices. The purpose of the present study was …

Issue addressed Food availability affects eating habits, and in the Australian context, refers
to the numbers and locations of food retail and food service outlets and the types and range …

Objective To assess trends in the nutritional quality of hospital menus and examine
differences between menus used in hospitals with cook‐chill or cook‐fresh food services …