Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food

As you sit down to your dinner every night, very few of us consider that access to nutritious food is a fundamental human right. Yet over 1 million Australians face the challenge of not meeting this basic right and are unable to put enough food on their tables to feed themselves or their families. Food insecurity doesn’t just affect very low-income households, even in a high income country like Australia. On the blog, we discuss the experiences of those living with food insecurity with Dr Sue Kleve, a Monash Nutrition researcher who wants to help alleviate this phenomenon in Australia. http://ow.ly/42Un30n1srQ

Thanks to ‘Dr Google’, there is a vast array of health and nutrition information at our fingertips, with pregnancy sparking an onslaught of questions (and late night Googling). Amongst a plethora of changes to a womans body during pregnancy, her weight will also change. Our latest blog, which features research from Christie Bennett explores the implications of gaining too much or too little weight during pregnancy and the long-term health implications into childhood that we need to be aware of. http://ow.ly/onua30mXUJq

Our short online courses are back for 2019, starting in February! This set of courses will help expand, improve or refresh your knowledge of nutrition and health. Visit the link for more information: http://ow.ly/RQww50jYMgP

Doctors acknowledge that nutrition plays a crucial role in health and agree that providing nutrition advice is part of their role. However, providing sufficiently detailed nutrition advice that is relevant to a patient’s health goals, useful for the patient, and that results in measurable changes, is not common in practice settings. Here in the Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food at Monash University, we recognise the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to improving the health of the population through nutrition – and believe doctors are a very important part of the conversation with patients to help them improve their nutrition and health. Read the full story on our blog here: http://ow.ly/LQ0q30l1505