S01 E05: Sinead Boylan, University of Sydney

One Bite

In this episode we hear from Dr Sinead Boylan, a nutritional epidemiologist and inter-disciplinary researcher at the intersection of food systems, health and the environment. Sinead is the Executive Officer for the Climate Change, Human Health and Social Impacts Node at the University of Sydney, Executive Director of the Sydney Food and Nutrition Network and coordinator of the 'Population and Health' unit of the Masters of Sustainability. Her research aims to identify ways to promote a healthy and sustainable diet with equitable food access for all.

We talk about what food insecurity actually is and the prevalence in Australia, the social contexts of food insecurity, health and diet related disease, as well as food policy and governance. You can find Sinead on Twitter, LinkedIn, USyd and at Food Legacy.

You can find us at onebitepod.com and @onebitepod across social media.

For full list of links please see the website.
Links to main things mentioned in the episode: Food Bank Hunger Report; Measuring and Understanding Food Insecurity in Australia; Global burden of disease; UK obesity map; The affordability of a healthy and sustainable diet; Using Input-Output Analysis to Measure Healthy, Sustainable Food Systems; A healthy, sustainable and safe food system: examining the perceptions and role of the Australian policy actor using a Delphi survey; Commission for the Human Future Need for Strategic Food Policy in Australia; Planetary Boundaries.

Music: Night Owl by Broke for Free (CC)