IHT Media Report for February – March 2025
Coverage by Media Type
Total mentions by media type in February – March 2025.
Potential Audience Reach
19,996,814 over 59 days (February – March 2025)
Cumulative potential audience reach by media type for February – March 2025.
IHT Media Appearances
- Dr Christina Zorbas joined Jonathon Green on his ABC Radio National’s food program, Every Bite.
- Three of our researchers Prof Kath Backholer, Dr Navoda Liyanapathirana and Seema Khadka partnering with UNICEF contributed to a special BMJ feature on ‘Tackling the triple burden of adolescent girls’ malnutrition’.
- Dr Christina Zorbas and Prof Kath Backholer new research analysing fruit and vegetable prices in regional Victoria, shows that locally grown produce doesn’t necessarily cost more than fruit and veg grown outside of the region was featured in numerous regional newspapers, ABC Radio and WIN News.
- Dr Cindy Needham was interviewed on 3AW and appeared in both The Age talking about the rural struggle to access healthy food and in the Colac Herald promoting research involving the new MapMy tool.
- Deakin Distinguished Professor Catherine Bennett appeared on ABC Radio nationally talking about vaccinations, Covid-19, and epidemiology, and appeared on ABC TV talking about an unknown disease outbreak causing the deaths of 50 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Prof Hassan Vally wrote an article for The Conversation titled: How long will you live? New evidence says it’s much more about your choices than your genes
- Prof Adrian Cameron and Dr Tailane Scapin‘s article in The Conversation talks about latest research that shows some of the fastest-growing countries in the world are set for a public health disaster as the trend of convenience store and supermarket dominance takes hold.
- Dr Cindy Needham featured in The Age article titled: Postcode lottery means some mums – and their babies – are more likely to be overweight or obese.
- Dr Tailane Scapin’s research appeared in the Geelong Advertiser in an article titled: Convenient but not healthy. Big chains ‘not good for diets’.
- Professor Adrian Cameron appeared on ABC radio talking about how the growth in supermarkets globally has had a direct correlation with global rising obesity rates.
- Tan Nguyen featured on RRR Radio speaking on oral health economics.
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