Brick and mortar supermarkets are developing new strategies to woo shoppers to engage in the physical experience of shopping in person. At the same time, shopping is a learning opportunity for giving children...

A new piece of technology is allowing nursing mothers to easily monitor their baby’s feeding patterns and see exactly the amount of milk the baby has consumed. ‘Momsense’ works together with earset...

Deakin University researchers in Melbourne have found that children who eat more than the recommended amount of salt have an increased risk of becoming overweight or obese.   Published in Volume 115,...

New research has found that the amount of food a father eats could have a direct impact on their unborn child’s health.   Conducted by a research team based at Melbourne’s RMIT University, the...

The Woolworths ‘Earn and Learn’ program has returned for 2015. Similar to previous years, Woolworths shoppers can earn resources for schools and education centres by spending money with the supermarket. How...

Coca-Cola’s Fanta has removed a television commercial and app after it was found to be in breach of advertising standard guidelines aimed at fighting childhood obesity. The ‘Fanta Tastes Like’ campaign...

Australian fruit manufacturer, SPC, has introduced a new snack range, ‘Aussie Diced Pear’ and ‘AussieDiced Peaches’. The products are focused around providing easy-to-open packaging and come in...

A studied mechanism by which a high-fibre diet during pregnancy in mice can increase the chances of offspring growing up asthma-free has been reported in the publication “Nature Communications” this...

How Australian parents’ wealth and health attitudes affect what their kids eat, research Household wealth plays a big part in determining the healthiness of the food parents put in the pantry (and what...

Sipahh has launched an onlne store Flavoured drinking straw company Sipahh is set to launch its e-commerce store in February 2015, which will allow consumers to buy bulk packs of its straws. Sipahh straws,...