Childhood Obesity: Prevention and Action
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025, 5:30 pm - 8:15 pm
- Location: Napier 102 Lecture Theatre, 1st floor, Napier Building, University of Adelaide, North Terrace campus
- Cost: Free
- Contact: Anne Jurisevic
- Email: anne.jurisevic@adelaide.edu.au
Join us for the Healthy Development Adelaide (HDA) and Preventive Health SA forum.
Childhood obesity is escalating globally. Our expert speakers will present on international and local research and insight with collaborative partnerships for obesity prevention and action.
OUR SPEAKERS
Professor Dot Dumuid, Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), University of South Australia - Forecasting Childhood Obesity to 2050: Global Insights and Australia’s Trajectory
Mel Bradley, Executive Director, Population Health & Aboriginal Health & Health Equity, Preventive Health SA - Unhealthy food and drink advertising policy
Dr Alanna Sincovich, Manager, Translational Research at Preventive Health SA - Childhood Overweight and Obesity in South Australia: An evidence-based summary for action
Jacki Anderson, Chief Project Officer, Public Health Nutrition, Preventive Health SA with Gabi Diaz, Prevention Programs Lead (PHSA Collaborative) Cancer Council SA; Katrin Buerkle, Policy Research Officer in Obesity, Health Policy Centre, SAHMRI; and Claire Gardner, Manager Food and Nutrition - South Australia, Heart Foundation - Obesity Prevention Collaborative: Partnerships for Obesity Prevention Action
OUR CHAIR
Professor Carol Maher (HDA Co-Convenor), Professor of Population and Digital Health, Medical Research Future Fund Investigator / Director of the Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), University of South Australia
This is a public forum and also open to the community, everyone is welcome to attend.
The recording can be viewed here: HDA And PHSA Forum: Childhood Obesity - Prevention And Action : 27 August 2025