Bec Coetzee

Cautiously optimistic and pleasantly confused

[Bec Coetzee @BecCoetzee]

https://t.co/Dvs1euCRFJ

[Bec Coetzee @BecCoetzee]

One thing I’m grateful for in 2020 is that longer women’s shorts are back in fashion and I can find shorts that actually cover my butt in stores! #smallmercies

[Prof Christina Pollard @ChristinaPolla8]

Obesity is “not caused by a global collapse of personal willpower.. that’s the wrong diagnosis completely...⁩ It’s an explosion of junk food/processed food...creating the environment that will lead to obesity” ⁦⁦@BoydSwinburn⁩ https://t.co/TCK2diusmE

[Stephen Bendle @sbendle1]

In the midst of a public health crisis, public health seems to be ignored in our biggest budget ever.

[Rosemary Stanton @rosestant70]

The 'organic' claim doesn't make the sugar OK. When babies need food, it should be real food, preferably healthy items eaten by the family, suitably chopped or mashed. They don't need special foods and they certainly don't need sugary biscuits.

[Jane Martin @janemartinFHA]

Disappointing to see KFC expand it's cricket sponsorship to the Women's Big Bash League https://t.co/7ZUHeEf3ef

[Maurice Swanson @MauriceGSwanson]

@ObesityPolicyWA @PHAIWA @_PHAA_WA @AMA_WA @telethonkids @heartfoundation @AUS_Dental @jcarapetis @AshleyReidWA @Melissa_Ledger @KelKennington .@ObesityPolicyWA a ban on the advertising of unhealthy food and drinks on State owned property is a no-brainer. Why would the the State Government want to encourage obesity, when it's costing them hundreds of $millions per year in hospital costs alone?

[Obesity Policy, Cancer Council WA @ObesityPolicyWA]

.@thtswhatZeesaid outlines the high number of unhealthy ads seen on buses near 5 of Perth’s biggest schools on the first day back at school this year – majority of ads seen for junk food or quick service restaurants #obesitypolicy

[Food for Health Alliance @FHAllianceAU]

It is unethical for the processed food industry to target poorer communities with their unhealthy food and drink ads. We need higher standards for how these companies market and sell these products.

[Phillip Baker @PhilBakerNZ]

New partnership between .@Nestle and .@ruokday
- the (otherwise brilliant) Australian suicide prevention charity - raises serious concern, given evidence linking ultra-processed foods with depression? Seems counter-productive, possibly even harmful https://t.co/oUpVkg1eST

[Melissa Sweet @MelissaSweetDr]

Forget the depressing daily numbers, Melbourne's stage 3 lockdown averted thousands of cases https://t.co/4eks8wvmZ6

[Australian Dental Association @AUS_Dental]

Get sugar savvy this #DentalHealthWeek

This year the ADA is helping people come to grips with how much sugar is hiding in the food and drink they routinely consume so they can reduce their sugary consumption and increase their oral healthiness.

https://t.co/9viNZhfAMI

[Bec Coetzee @BecCoetzee]

Australia needs to follow some of these interventions #ObesityCrisis

[Amanda Lee @_Amanda_J_Lee_]

New paper: Healthy Diets ASAP survey in Sydney & Canberra finds healthy diets are less expensive than unhealthy diets - but still unaffordable for low income households. 58% of food budget is spent on 'junk' food and drinks. Canberra way more costly too... https://t.co/pG4Pxz5pWd

[Terry Slevin @terryslevin]

Too few people are aware of the outstanding job done by the Community Controlled Aboriginal Health sector in managing the #Coronavirus
They kept rates very low among Australia's First people

[Bec Coetzee @BecCoetzee]

@realDonaldTrump is this what you had in mind when you said you’d make America great again?

[Bec Coetzee @BecCoetzee]

Stopping social distancing when the numbers start to plateau is kinda like stopping halfway through a bottle of antibiotics because you kinda feel better. Just don’t

[Ending Trachoma @EndingTrachoma]

Well done to Yulella Aboriginal Corporation for making it easier for locals to wash their hands! @NACCHOAustralia @PHAIWA @DrMelStoneham @scottmack80 @RobertMullane @soapaidltd @Jo_AnneMorgan @MeekaPol @ABCIndigenous @RogerCookMLA @benwyatt @WAHealth @TheAHCWA @MelissaSweetDr