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Beth Meertens

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Curious: health policy, decision making & nutrition science | RT/follow ≠ endorse (just curious) | Evidence Manager @heart_aust | Views mine

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@julieannemitch
Julie Anne Mitchell
7 years
@HeartAust is hiring -a new exciting role as National Manager Food and Nutrition closing day 31 Jan https://t.co/Nr1fM3uVgV @_PHAA_ @DAA_feed @georgeinstitute @VicHealth @_bethTM @alikjones @NSWHealth @rosestant70 @_Amanda_J_Lee_ @Foodwatch
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@SoVeryBritish
VeryBritishProblems
7 years
“It’s a bloody nightmare” Meaning: Something is proving a mild inconvenience; typically used to describe slightly heavy traffic, or the internet not working “It’s not ideal” Meaning: Something terrible has happened and life is almost certainly ruined
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@GreenlandRohan
Rohan Greenland
7 years
Some new key dates relevant for Australian public health advocates: Dec 16-18: ALP Nat Conference Dec 17: MYEFO April 2: Federal Budget May: Federal 🗳 election possibly May 11 or 18 @_PHAA_ @HeartAust @ACDPAlliance #NCDs
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afr.com
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has vowed to hand down a surplus budget a month early on April 2 before an election in May.
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@_bethTM
Beth Meertens
7 years
Highly recommend this upcoming webinar on food literacy 🍏 Don’t know where to start with food literacy in your practice? 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏻‍♂️ Start with this webinar! #nutrition #PublicHealth #communityhealth
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@AcademiaObscura
Academia ɐɹnɔsqO
7 years
Tfw your co-author uses multiple line breaks to create a page break and you change the font size and all hell breaks loose.
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@CiaConnell
Cia Connell
7 years
There have been recent reports of patients stopping their #aspirin inappropriately, misinterpreting the media regarding #ASPREE as also applying to secondary prevention. We wrote this blog to help demystify things for patients @HeartAust
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@SoVeryBritish
VeryBritishProblems
8 years
Ways to look busy: 1. Turn up later than everyone else but rush into the office looking annoyed 2. Act like spending half an hour in the toilet has annoyed you 3. Rush around with an open laptop looking annoyed 4. Get annoyed at a printer 5. Just generally look annoyed
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@BradSchoenfeld
Brad Schoenfeld, PhD
8 years
With the advent of the internet, this unfortunately is how many interpret research
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@seannalee
seanna davidson
8 years
wanna build your #systemsthinking capacity and not sure where to start? try our #systemspractices things you can do in your everyday work, on a small scale to get you thinking systemically https://t.co/gEBxTw95ax created w/ @mishymorgs and I at @TAPPCentre
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Beth Meertens
8 years
" ..an appreciative and graceful approach to (peer) reviewing invariably elicits a human moment from us." This holds for any opp to comment on a colleagues work. Peer review or no. Thx to all who've been gracious in their feedback to me over the years (: https://t.co/QpjilU1sf0
blogs.lse.ac.uk
The shortcomings of the peer review process are well-documented, with it being variously described as too slow, conservative, and even unkind. But amidst fevered discussion of its logistical merits,...
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Beth Meertens
8 years
Who creates value (and how do we define it)? Discusses the importance of long term thinking in public policy, and positioning government as an investor of first resort. https://t.co/NL68QqpXIm
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project-syndicate.org
Mariana Mazzucato takes aim at neoliberalism and its academic cousin, “public choice” theory.
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Beth Meertens
8 years
Weight bias in exercise and nutrition professionals. Sys review of x-sectional and qualitative studies. https://t.co/lNxEsC8u9T I like the use of a table to clearly set out suggested future research areas #loveagoodtable
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Obesity affects approximately one-third of American adults. Recent evidence suggests that weight bias may be pervasive among both exercise and nutrition professionals working with adults who have...
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Beth Meertens
8 years
Sys review of sys reviews; Oh, and it's on low carb diets. Read the paper yourself. My take home? LC one of many (not only) ways to adapt a diet. More interesting is the exploration of factors which may contribute to biasing outcomes of sys rvs. https://t.co/Dk1wR5cNcx
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@susiecartledge
Dr Susie Cartledge
8 years
How many computers and PhDs does it take to do a big @HeartAust project?! A lot apparently but we are getting there @_emma_thomas! Always a pleasure working with you. #cardiacrehab #deleriousresearchers #tgif
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@AcademiaObscura
Academia ɐɹnɔsqO
8 years
The best graph you are likely to see this week.
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@Katmlivingstone
A/Prof Katherine Livingstone
8 years
What makes a good partnership between researchers and policy makers? The ideal partnership is based on co-production! #policy #research #partnership @SaxInstitute
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Beth Meertens
8 years
One for you @pottjane
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Beth Meertens
8 years
"We will never address health inequalities with kale, hummus and artisan sour dough."
@One_Angry_Chef
Angry Chef
8 years
Think it might just be time for a new Angry Chef post. Sorry, low carb again, but they do go on. On headlines, dietary obsessions and nutrition's big problem. https://t.co/tmp98jTE0r
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Beth Meertens
8 years
That's not a knife, this is a knife...Are we talking about the same thing when we're using the same words? In nutrition, labels are thrown around willy nilly. This article explores uncertaintly in diet classification, using ketogenic diet as an example.
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Beth Meertens
8 years
(Over)feeding trial: 1,000kJ extra sat fat, carbs or unsat fat. Each effected liver differntly. Read the study to find out, but in a nut shell (pun intended) sat fat produced worse results. https://t.co/C2B5hRbO8Z (based on the food choices I'd choose the unsat fat arm anyday!)
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