Online menus should put healthy food first
Women who see healthy food at the top of an online menu are 30 to 40 percent more likely to order it, a Flinders University study […]
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New podcast to give community sport the edge
Player retention, coaching strategies, player mental health; these are among the many issues impacting community sporting clubs across Australia that are also the focus of university […]
Wind farm and traffic noise impacts sleeping brain
Sleeping people respond to both wind farm noise and road traffic noise, but not usually enough to wake them up, according to new Flinders University research. […]
Soft drinks’ sweet appeal
In spite of health warnings about high consumption of carbonated soft drinks, global consumption has been rising rapidly for more than 50 years. Now Flinders University […]
Students’ word of the year is ‘power’
After another disrupted school year during the COVID-19 lockdowns, it’s not surprising that Australian students have used their imaginations to reclaim control of their lives through […]
Call for action on school retention rates
Significant problems with school student attendance and retention rates in South Australia have not been addressed with adequate resources and strategies, and remain a serious concern, […]
High demand for more eating disorders research
As the COVID-19 pandemic underpins a rise in mental health problems globally, experts are raising a red flag on ‘starkly lower’ government funding for research and […]
Support for child welfare and health studies
Flinders University researchers will be buoyed by $472,908 in additional funding from the Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation of SA for a range of new projects […]
Sleep in children with autism
Autistic children are often prescribed medication, including for sleep conditions such as insomnia. But is this leading to overmedication? New Flinders University research supported by the […]