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This project characterises ultra-processed food consumption patterns in Asia, determines whether changing consumption patterns reflect underlying changes in food systems driven by trade liberalization and transnational food and beverage corporations, and investigates if differences between countries can be explained by policy and regulatory decisions that have shaped their respective food systems. It is intended that the findings offer developing Asian countries with key lessons concerning the food systems development in ways that promote healthy diets. This project is funded through Prof Friel’s ARC Future Fellowship.

Ultra-processed food a huge risk to nutrition in Asia
23 February 2017New research from Sharon Friel and Phil Baker

Society, safety and health
The Society, Safety and Health cluster has four research themes:
- Policy processes and the social determinants of health inequities
- Governance for health equity
- Food systems, nutrition and climate change
- Regulation and governance of health care systems