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20 Sep 2010

Hunter gatherer culture recreated to end food shortage

A Victorian Aboriginal community has returned to traditional hunter-gatherer methods to solve food shortages and improve healthy eating.

Indigenous Australians

13 Nov 2018

Hold The Sauce: New Report Finds Swapping Your Soy Sauce Can Halve Your Salt Intake

A couple of sushi rolls or a veggie stir-fry can be healthy lunch options but if you’re dousing them with a salty soy sauce you could be putting your health at risk.

Unpack the Salt

19 Jun 2018

New grants to shake up salt in food production

Food Innovation Australia Limited (FIAL) and VicHealth have joined forces to shake off the harmful amount of salt in processed foods with up to $300,000 in grants available to food producers.

Partner release

26 Feb 2018

Supermarkets must do more to prevent obesity

Health promotion foundation VicHealth has welcomed new Deakin University research into the nutrition policies of our supermarkets and is urging retailers to lift their game and make their stores healthier.

Healthy eating

18 Dec 2018

Top tips for a healthy, happy holidays

VicHealth has put together some handy tips to help Victorians have a healthy and happy Christmas and New Year season.

Healthy tips

14 Mar 2018

VicHealth | Aussie BBQ classic proving a snag to good health

A sausage in bread could be considered Australia’s national dish. But with Australians wolfing down 1.1 billion snags a year, containing 1500 tonnes of salt, it’s putting our health at risk.

UNPACK THE SALT

28 Jan 2018

Aussie kids’ favourite sandwich fillings hide excessive salt, Heart Foundation figures show

New Heart Foundation figures show that typical “go-to” school lunchbox options such as the humble ham and cheese sandwich can deliver schoolkids more than half their entire recommended daily allowance of salt. A typical ham and cheese sandwich could deliver almost an entire day’s worth of salt for school children aged four-to-eight.

Salt reduction

13 May 2015

State of salt: deaths linked to high salt intake six times higher than Victoria's annual road toll

With almost six times more Victorians dying as a result of high salt intake than on Victoria’s roads, VicHealth is today launching a plan of action to reduce the amount of salt people consume in Victoria.

Salt reduction

13 May 2015

VicHealth | State of Salt: The case for salt reduction in Victoria

The sodium in salt is linked to 1 in 20 deaths in Victoria, risks of high blood pressure and heart failure, stomach cancer and osteoporosis. Yet we consume more than 15,000 tonnes of salt a year.

Salt reduction

19 May 2015

Reducing salt intake

By Jerril Rechter, VicHealth CEO

Salt reduction

19 May 2015

Farmers deliver fresh produce to local customers via the Open Food Network

An innovative not-for-profit network is connecting farmers directly with customers and local distribution hubs, making it easy to buy and sell affordable, fresh food straight from the farm.

Open Food Network

15 May 2015

Salt should not be flavour of month

By Jerril Rechter, VicHealth CEO

Salt reduction