| ISBN |
9781921507816 |
| Name |
Healey, Justin |
| Title |
Fast food edited by Justin Healey. |
| Fast food / |
| Published |
Thirroul, N.S.W. : Spinney Press, 2012 |
| Description |
60 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Series |
Issues in society ; v. 343. |
| Notes |
Also available online. |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Fast food and nutrition -- Food to have sometimes -- Fast food healthy options -- One in four Australian adults obese -- Surviving fast food -- Fast food and take-away -- Recommended serves and serving sizes -- Helpful healthy eating tips -- Kilojules and fast food - the "in-your'face" facts -- The future of food labelling -- Traffic light labelling - The evidence -- Industry welcomes food minister's labelling decision -- Traffic light labelling: making healthy food choices easier for Australians -- Seeing red: critics of better food labels fail to understand public health measures -- Nine in ten consumers give traffic light labels green light -- Food industry digs in heels over traffic light labels -- Is a "fat tax" the answer to Australia's obesity crisis? -- Australia needs a tax on junk food -- Food taxes not the cure for obesity. |
| 2. Junk food marketing to children -- Food marketing to children -- Government delays junk food advertising review again -- Would banning food advertising aimed at children reduce the growth in obesity? -- Arguments for and against a ban on food adverstising aimed at children -- Government, parents or advertisers: who should decide what kids watch and eat? -- Food advertising "censorship" bill won't address obesity -- The facts about food marketing to kids -- Pester power: why junk food ads and children shouldn't mix -- Parents duped by sports star endorsement of junk food -- Side-stepping the censors: the failure of self-regulation for junk food advertising -- Junk food ad ban must be compulsory, not voluntary -- Fat lot of good campaign against junk food is doing -- Fight against fat: when advertising goes bad -- Junkbusting FAQS -- Combating pester power. |
| Summary |
This book is a helpful guide to better informed dietary choices, and features detailed advice on the nutritional contents of Australia.s major fast food products, including kilojoule counts, portion sizes and packaging information. What are the healthy alternatives to fast food? |
| Subjects |
Food habits |
| Nutrition -- Nutrition -- Australia. -- Australia |
| Convenience foods -- Australia -- Study and teaching (Secondary) Convenience foods -- Australia -- Study and teaching (Secondary) |
| Nutrition |
| Nutrition -- Australia -- Study and teaching (Secondary) Nutrition -- Australia -- Study and teaching (Secondary) |
| Junk food -- Australia -- Study and teaching (Secondary) Junk food -- Australia -- Study and teaching (Secondary) |
| Dietetics -- Australia -- Study and teaching (Secondary) Dietetics -- Australia -- Study and teaching (Secondary) |
| Food habits -- Australia -- Study and teaching (Secondary) Food habits -- Australia -- Study and teaching (Secondary) |
| Convenience foods. -- Convenience foods |
| Junk food -- Australia. -- Junk food -- Australia |
| Convenience foods -- Australia. -- Convenience foods -- Australia |
| Food habits -- Australia. -- Food habits -- Australia |
| Dietetics -- Australia. -- Dietetics -- Australia |
| Added Names |
Healey, Justin |
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