Australian Health Promotion Association

Lyndal Wellard, Colleen Glasson, Kathy Chapman and Caroline Miller

Introduction:  Fast food can contribute a significant amount of energy, total and saturated fat, sodium and sugar to the diet,1 especially if it is consumed often. The fast food industry has been under increased scrutiny since their adoption of the self-regulatory Australian Quick Service Restaurant Industry (QSRI) Initiative for Responsible Advertising and Marketing to Children in 2009.2

Under the QSRI Initiative, seven

Andrew J. Milat, Lesley King, Adrian Bauman and Sally Redman

As the chronic disease burden grows, government is increasingly investing in prevention.1-3. However, policy makers frequently report a scarcity of effective programs suitable for population-level implementation. Policy makers also seek information to aid decisions about whether programs found to be effective in small-scale studies can be implemented at the population level. To date, investigation of optimal ways to expand programs

Chris Rissel, Tessa Piper and Li Ming Wen

Public health guidelines and recommendations are developed to provide information for health professionals and the public about specific behaviours or practices to maximise individual and/or population health. They are based on the best available evidence of the known benefits or dangers. Obvious examples include eating two serves of fruit and five serves of vegetables per day, exclusive breastfeeding until six months, limiting alcohol consumption, and

Erin Devine, Marcus Handmer, Karen Bedford, Chris Rissel and Emily Low

Physical activity improves mental health. Building on previous work promoting cycling in the general community,1,2 we trialled an innovative cycling program for mental health service consumers in the former Sydney South West Area Health Service.

The poor physical health of people with a mental illness is well documented.3 Increasing consumer’s physical health is difficult4 and the literature surrounding the issue is