The US Studies Centre partnered with the Charles Perkins Centre to bring together leading international and Australian experts, including epidemiologists, psychologists, and public health and nutrition experts to meet with Australian policymakers, food manufacturers, and retailers. They discussed the nutrition information currently available to Australian consumers and whether new initiatives to provide more and better information ­– including the new voluntary front-of-packet labeling standards being developed by the government – can promote healthier food choices.

International speakers

Dr Cynthia Ogden, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Professor Marion Hetherington, Professor of Biopsychology, University of Leeds

Australian experts

Dr Kerry Chant, Chief Health Officer & Deputy Director General, Population and Public Heath, NSW Government Mr Michael Moore, Chief Executive Officer, Public Health Association of Australia Professor Jennie Brand-Miller, AM, School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney Professor Adrian Bauman, School of Public Health, University of Sydney Professor Bruce Neil, The George Institute for Global Health Ms Angela McDougall, Senior Policy Advisor, Choice

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