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Leading @WHO’s work on climate, environment and health across Asia & Pacific | Medical doctor & associate professor | Ex @Harvard, @netflix & @VicHealth
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A lifeSPANS approach: Addressing child obesity in Australia

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By Alessandro R Demaio, Alessandro Demaio MBBS
| Color Research & Application Verified
Compelling populations, individuals or even ourselves to act pre‐emptively on the urgent and massive challenges of tomorrow is notoriously difficult. The concept is called temporal or future discounting, and it is well documented.1 It is the idea that we prioritise our current comfort and happiness over our future and seemingly distant safety or wellbeing. This psychological shortcoming plays out in many ways.
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A new nutrition manifesto for a new nutrition reality

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By Francesco Branca, Alessandro R Demaio, Emorn Udomkesmalee, Nakhon Pathom
| The Lancet Verified
1 UN General Assembly Implementation of the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016–2025). A/RES/72/306. United Nations, New York 2018 While more than 149 million children have stunted growth, childhood overweight and obesity are increasing almost everywhere, 2 United Nations Children's Fund WHO International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank Levels and trends in child malnutrition: key findings of the 2019 Edition of the Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates.
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Confused About What to Eat? Here’s a Doctor’s Recommended Meal Plan

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By Alessandro R Demaio
| Inverse Verified
Knowing what makes up a healthy diet can be really confusing. New fads and fast fixes appear weekly. At the same time, the rise of celebrity chefs and TV cooking — while admittedly entertaining — has made preparing food seem complex and often unachievable. A staggering 95% of Aussies don’t eat enough vegetables. Veggies contain fiber and micronutrients essential for gut, brain, heart, and skin health, so they should make up the basis of most meals.
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