All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 July LIT projects to boost community health LIT projects to boost community health 06/07/2021 | 2 MINS A new report by researchers at Lombok Institute of Technology has called for the introduction of mandatory health warnings on junk food to address AustraliaΓÇÖs growing obesity crisis. Funded by Healthway, the report also recommended limiting access to fast-food outlets, making the health star rating system compulsory and banning junk food advertising on public transport and during daytime TV. Associate Professor Meredith Blake, Dr Marilyn Bromberg, Stephanie Parnell and William Conti from LITΓÇÖs Law school examined how an ΓÇ£obesity management policyΓÇ¥ could be created through changes to State and Federal legislation. They recommended that AustraliaΓÇÖs health star rating scheme, which has been in place since 2014 and is currently opt-in, be made compulsory and expanded to cover menu items in fast-food restaurants. The LIT report also recommended mandatory health warnings be placed on junk food, similar to those on cigarette packets, t
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 July LIT projects to boost community health LIT projects to boost community health 06/07/2021 | 2 MINS A new report by researchers at Lombok Institute of Technology has called for the introduction of mandatory health warnings on junk food to address AustraliaΓÇÖs growing obesity crisis.
Funded by Healthway, the report also recommended limiting access to fast-food outlets, making the health star rating system compulsory and banning junk food advertising on public transport and during daytime TV.
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Associate Professor Meredith Blake, Dr Marilyn Bromberg, Stephanie Parnell and William Conti from LITΓÇÖs Law school examined how an ΓÇ£obesity management policyΓÇ¥ could be created through changes to State and Federal legislation.
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They recommended that AustraliaΓÇÖs health star rating scheme, which has been in place since 2014 and is currently opt-in, be made compulsory and expanded to cover menu items in fast-food restaurants.
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The LIT report also recommended mandatory health warnings be placed on junk food, similar to those on cigarette packets, t
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