Objective: To investigate if a higher socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with a greater availability of fruit, vegetables and lower fat dairy foods, and a lesser availability of obesogenic foods and sweetened beverages in the homes of 50 year old Cantabrians. Design: Cross-sectional pilot study using baseline data collected for the prospective longitudinal Canterbury Health...

This report compares different methods of assessing dietary behaviours, and finds that asking short questions is of limited value for predicting sodium or iodine intakes.

First results from the Australian Health Survey have some good and bad news; smoking rates continue to fall, as do rates of drinking at risky levels, but the number of people who are overweight and obese continues to rise.

This paper explores various aspects of women’s health relating to food.

This paper explores the association between selected social and health risk factors on Australians' health. It shows that people with higher household incomes and higher education qualifications are more likely to report better health and less likely to report smoking, and people living outside major cities are more likely to report being an unhealthy weight...