jane potter

Principal Program Officer (healthy eating), VicHealth.
An advocate for equitable, sustainable and healthy food systems. All views are my own.

[VicHealth @VicHealth]

New VicHealth research has found an increase in the number of unhealthy food promotions targeted to Victorians living in low income suburbs on food delivery platforms during coronavirus. https://t.co/ZEefAZIH6t

[Sharon Friel @SharonFrielOz]

If every country does what Italy is doing it will help avert widening social and health inequities. Do what France is doing and we will kill people over and above the virus effects. Austerity kills. Public investment saves lives. @MelissaSweetDr @ellyhowse #coronavirusaus

[Sir Michael Marmot @MichaelMarmot]

Coronavirus: inequalities in rates of infection, in consequences of infection, and in consequent economic changes that have bigger effects on the socially disadvantaged. https://t.co/tfCOqdVHGq

[Food and Agriculture Organization @FAO]

What is #biodiversity?

It’s the existence of many different types of plants and animals that makes the 🌍 a healthier and more productive place.

We wouldn’t be able to survive without it!

Learn more👉https://t.co/rr3tq8anVk

#Biodiversity2020

[Svetlana Axelrod @DrAxelrod_WHO]

Inequity in #FoodSystems Drives Both Hunger and #Obesity
It’s time to optimize our food systems for #nutrition and equity. 🍽🥕🥦🍅🍆

Read the full @JHUGlobalHealth blog: https://t.co/dFrQfszm9q

[Sir Michael Marmot @MichaelMarmot]

Confirmed by @TheMarmotReview: life expectancy stops improving, has actually fallen for poorest women, health inequalities widen and health deteriorates #Marmot2020 supported by @HealthFdn https://t.co/2JGrjLr7nq

[Dr Sandro Demaio @SandroDemaio]

LOVE this! 👏 Well done #Mooroopna Park Primary School for leading the way.
With the majority of kids’ diets being consumed at school, we need more models like this!
Note the school also saw academic performance benefits.
#auspol #springst @VicHealth

[Dr Sandro Demaio @SandroDemaio]

New @WHO/@UNICEF report:

1. Tighten regulation of harmful marketing;
2. Incorporate #children’s voices into #policy decisions;
3. Stop CO2 emissions;
4. Place children & adolescents at the centre of #SDG efforts;
5. New policies & investment for child #health & rights.

#auspol

[richard horton @richardhorton1]

A Future for the World’s Children: a WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission. We launch Wednesday.

[ACOSS @ACOSS]

Being a full-time student has its rewards and challenges, but for April being a student just meant surviving.

She told us why we need to #RaisetheRate of Youth Allowance, which has not been lifted in her lifetime.

https://t.co/X4RiLnkkEO

[CO-CREATE - EU Adolescent Obesity Project @EU_COCREATE]

CO-CREATE is happy to announce its support towards #WorldObesityDay (March 4)! We will be sharing facts, tools & stories from youth across Europe to highlight that roots of obesity run deep. #CC4EU #Youth4CC
https://t.co/lZ9wAQvzVd

Get involved: https://t.co/ZfCwSQoxCC

[NCOSS @_NCOSS_]

Join the 'Climate Change is a Health Emergency' campaign today.

We are calling on our leaders to act on climate change now.

Sign the petition below!

[Sir Michael Marmot @MichaelMarmot]

I look forward to reading it @drctvelo

[Dr Julie Woods @jwoods958]

"Advertising spending on toddler milks increased fourfold during this 10-year period & volume sales increased 2·6 times". @JuliePSmith1 @Jmccann1980 @PhilBakerNZ

[Jane Martin @janemartinFHA]

@ACDPAlliance @strokefdn @DiabetesAus @heartfoundation @CancerCouncilOz @KidneyHealth @bustjunkads The draft proposal in Queensland would allow brand marketing like this - let @StevenJMiles know your concerns.

[Bite Back @BiteBack2030]

Fed up of those confusing food labels?😫 Still, time to get involved in our #DontHideWhatsInside challenge. Christina our Youth Board member explains how. We love seeing your submissions, please keep them coming! You've got until Saturday midnight (UK) to enter.

#biteback2030

[Food and Land Use Coalition @FOLUCoalition]

"We need a revolution in #Australia. Many can sense that. We’re richer than ever, but when it comes to our #environment & the #climate we’re in a big hole – and we need to stop digging."A brilliant piece on the future of farming in Australia, via @guardian https://t.co/spfK879hyQ

[Sir Michael Marmot @MichaelMarmot]

We will have more to say about housing and other social determinants of health in our Ten Year on Report #Marmot2020 to be published on 25 Feb.