Course: Food as Medicine

Government-produced health guidelines are sometimes met with scepticism; fears of “nanny states”, over-regulation and conflicting information may leave people hesitant to follow public health advice. Dietary guidelines form part of …

Watch Simone talk about dietary guidelines, and how they can be used to help you make decisions on the types and amount of food you should eat. Although Simone uses …

Watch Simone talk about portion size, and how different serving sizes can often be misleading and can lead to overeating. Food labels are an important part of understanding portion sizes …

Nutrition research is continually emerging with very exciting new results. However, it is important to treat new information with some care. You need to know where the research was done? …

Watch Simone talk about the ways nutrition science is evolving and how these changes affect nutrition guidelines and recommendations, and the food you eat. Find out more For an example …

Watch Helen talk about the way our bodies use energy, dieting and maintaining a dietary pattern to manage weight. Talking point You’ve explored food the relationship between our food intake …

Watch Helen talk about weight loss and the role our mind and body play in weight regain.

Watch Helen talk about the challenge of making pregnancy and nutrition information easily available. If you are interested, you can choose to complete surveys that will help researchers at Monash …

Watch Michelle talk about the types of foods you should include in a healthy pregnancy diet.

Having trouble conceiving a child is a relatively common problem experienced by one in every six couples. Factors that affect fertility may be genetic, environmental or behavioural. A variety of …

Watch Melissa talk about nutritional genomics, its importance to nutrition science and its potential to help personalise our nutritional requirements. With advances continuously being made in the biotechnology space, healthcare …