
Alexandra Chung
@chung_alexandra
Research fellow | healthy diets for children | obesity prevention | health policy | health equity | commercial & social determinants of health. Opinions my own.
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āGovernment-led regulation of all forms of marketing intended to influence [babies & young] childrenās diets is urgently needed to protect childrenās diets from commercial interests.ā Office for Health Improvement and Disparities Obesity Health Alliance - Account Inactive Children's Food Campaign (no longer posting here) RCPCH @actiononsugar

Commercial foods for infants and toddlers fail to meet WHO requirements for nutrition, yet they can display health and nutrition claims on-pack. We must change this. Great new paper by Elizabeth Dunford, Maree Scully & Daisy H Coyle The George Institute for Global Health onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11ā¦

Great to be part of the discussion on baby and toddler foods with Daisy H Coyle today. Government regulation is a must to protect against unhealthy products & misleading marketing. Monash Nutrition The George Institute for Global Health Food for Health Alliance

Important presentation and discussion happening next week about #breastfeeding ABA Alexandra Chung Dr Catharine Fleming Rosemary Stanton naomi.hull.bsky.social @alikjones Phillip Baker Karleen Gribble ANU Media

Our latest research calls for improvements to commercial foods for babies and toddlers. Young children and their parents deserve accurate labelling, honest marketing and nutritionally adequate foodsš¶ Helen Skouteris Monash Nutrition cambridge.org/core/journals/ā¦

Food for babies and toddlers are promoted with extensive marketing claims yet many products are nutritionally poor. āItās not good enoughā says Minister Ged Kearney ākids should have the best start in lifeā theage.com.au/national/paren⦠VicHealth Monash Nutrition Monash Public Health

Aussie families should be able to trust packaged baby/toddler foods are nutritious and marketed responsibly. This paper adds to growing research that shows many of these products can't be trusted. bit.ly/4dNLDI7 #KidsAreSweetEnough Alexandra Chung Monash Public Health

Parents are bombarded with misleading marketing when choosing foods for their young children. Our kids deserve better. Great to work on this story with Tyra Stowers 7NEWS Melbourne Monash Nutrition Monash Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Thank you Rebecca Maddern 7NEWS Melbourne for the opportunity to talk about our new research on commercial foods for babies and toddlers š¶ Monash Nutrition Monash Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences You can find the research article here š cambridge.org/core/journals/ā¦

Hereās one for all Monash Nutrition graduates⦠Come along and celebrate 10 years of our BNutSci š„³

We are proud as punch to have our own Janeane Dart running as a board member in this election. Janeaneās work continues to shape the way we understand and teach professionalism in the dietetic profession. She is a leader in the dietetic community and we wish her the best of luck

A Window of Opportunity to Regulate Commercial Foods for Infants and Toddlers in Australia Alexandra Chung Monash Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Monash Nutrition powertopersuade.org.au/blog/a-window-ā¦


Thanks to Dr Susan Maury - @[email protected] Power to Persuade for the opportunity to share my thoughts on the much-needed improvements to commercial foods for infants and toddlers š


Parents should be able to trust that the food on the shelf is good for their babies and toddlers š¶ Read more about the problems with commercial foods for babies and toddlers in my recent MJA article Monash Nutrition Monash Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences VicHealth

š Fantastic to see Jamie Oliver on The Project supporting a ban on junk food advertising targeting kids Food for Health Alliance Monash Nutrition




Young children deserve the best start in life. That's why mandatory regulation of content and marketing of foods for babies and toddlers is a must. Important report by abc730 with Food for Health Alliance & The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne abc.net.au/news/2025-02-1ā¦