Congratulations to Research Action Award winner Professor Gary Sacks, Professor of Public Health Policy and Co-Director of the Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition, Deakin University for his exceptional work advancing obesity prevention policy leading the Food-EPI Australia initiative.
Professor Sacks’s work focuses on obesity prevention, at a time of soaring obesity rates in Australia. He initiated and continues to lead the Food Policy Index (Food-EPI Australia) initiative, which provides an ongoing assessment of the extent to which Australian jurisdictions are implementing recommended policies for obesity prevention, with reference to international best practice.
Learn more on our website at: saxinstitute.org.au/research-action-awards/
