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Alcoholic energy drinks
Alcohol mixed with energy drinks a recipe for risky behaviour
Consumption of alcohol mixed with energy drinks (AmED) is associated with greater risk taking behaviour and users are more likely to be at risk of problem gambling and report higher levels of mental ill-health, according to new VicHealth-funded research.
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Young people embrace personalised SMSs to curb risky or binge drinking
There’s a strong acceptance and uptake among young people for personalised mobile phone messages to address harmful, binge, or risky single-occasion drinking, new Burnet Institute research, the first of its type, has found.
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Leading Thinker
VicHealth's inaugural Leading Thinker initiative shows way towards healthier lifestyle choices
Chief Executive of the UK-based Behavioural Insights Team (BIT), Dr David Halpern, will give a keynote address at the State Library of Victoria today (28 April) as part of his final week as VicHealth’s inaugural Leading Thinker.
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AFL, NRL, and Cricket promoting alcohol to children
With two footy finals series set to begin in earnest next week, new research from Monash University shows that Australian children and adolescents receive millions of exposures to alcohol advertising when watching AFL, NRL, and Cricket on TV, with 47% of the exposures to alcohol advertising occurring during children's daytime viewing.
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Sport TV exposing children to thousands of alcohol-adverts per year
New research from Monash University shows that children are being exposed to thousands of alcohol adverts when watching sport TV, questioning the effectiveness of advertising regulations designed to protect children.
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- 08.12.2021 This Girl Can campaign inspires more women than ever to get active … The Courier (Licensed by Copyright Agency)
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- 04.12.2021 Lockdown sent active boys scurrying to their screens … Brisbane Times (Licensed by Copyright Agency)
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- 01.11.2021 Experts declare war on Bendigo food insecurity crisis … Bendigo Advertiser (Licensed by Copyright Agency)
- 26.10.2021 WIN News Shepparaton reporting on the Big Connect – the first investment of VicHealth’s ground-breaking Future Healthy initiative Syndicated across Victoria, the piece introduces Community Champion James, features VicHealth spokesperson Liss Gabb and highlights new findings from a VicHealth survey of Victoria’s young people and parents.Community Champion James, features VicHealth spokesperson Liss Gabb and highlights new findings from a VicHealth survey of Victoria’s young… WIN News Shepparaton
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