Jemma advocates for healthy food environments
BHlthSc Nutr&Diet AdvAPD GAICD
THE PROBLEM
Have you ever stopped to think about how much unhealthy food surrounds us?
Gone are the days of popping by the local milk bar and grocer to stock up on what we need, our world has evolved to a place where junk food is everywhere.
Our food supply is dominated by unhealthy foods and beverages that are:
Cheap
Readily available
Heavily marketed
In Australia:
1 in 15 adults and 1 in 20 children meet their vegetable intake.
One-third of the diet is junk food, and 42% is ultra-processed.
53% of packaged foods in supermarkets are unhealthy.
Obesity has tripled since 1980.
2 in 3 adults and 1 in 4 kids are living with overweight or obesity.
Every 12 minutes, a person dies from cardiovascular disease. Poor diet is the leading contributor.
27,500 people die a preventable death from an unhealthy diet every year.
We must act now. It’s time to clean up our food environment.
THE SOLUTION
My vision is a place where healthy food is abundant.
Where the healthy choice is the easy choice.
Where healthy food powers a healthy planet.
advocacy priorities
What do we need to do to bring about change?
PREVENTION
National Nutrition Policy
Prevention 5% of the health budget
EDUCATION
High impact, sustained public education campaigns & programs
ADVERTISING
Restrictions on junk food advertising and sport sponsorships
Limit price promotions on unhealthy products
AFFORDABILITY
Improved affordability of healthy foods
Disincentivise unhealthy foods
HEALTH STAR RATING
Mandatory Health Star Rating
Food processing included in the Health Star Rating algorithm
NUTRITION INFORMATION PANEL
Mandatory added sugar labelling
Mandatory energy labelling on alcohol
REFORMULATION
Strengthened reformulation of the food supply
Healthier checkouts
government relations
I advocated strongly for nutrition policy reforms at Parliament House in Canberra and Victoria during my five years as a Director of Dietitians Australia.
media
VEGETABLE INTAKE DECLINE
HEALTH STAR RATING
AGED CARE
SCHOOL CANTEENS
SPORT
SUPERMARKETS
ULTRA-PROCESSED FOODS
credentials
Bachelor of Health Science (Nutrition and Dietetics), QUT
Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian (AdvAPD)
Accredited Nutritionist (AN)
Graduate Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD)
Media Spokesperson, Heart Foundation
Former Vice President, Dietitians Australia
Board Director, Dietitians Australia 2018 - 2023
Chair, Communications Committee, Dietitians Australia 2021 - 2023
Personal Trainer, Certificate III and IV in Fitness
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