Push for SA’s first milk bank
South Australia has a blood bank, an eye bank and even a brain bank – so why are we the only state in Australia that doesn’t have a milk bank?
Student research earns Flinders praise
Fossil deposits in the Naracoorte Caves, parental involvement in junior football and Australia’s adoption of compulsory voting are among the winning research themes of Flinders University’s 2013 Best Student Research Paper Awards.
Are meal replacements the best weight loss approach?
Meal replacements have been found to produce rapid weight loss results in scientific studies, but do they actually work in real life?
Elite female athletes’ health risk
Young female athletes representing South Australia in aesthetics sports such as gymnastics are putting their health at risk due to calcium and iron deficiencies, a Flinders University study has found.
Screening Aussie toddlers’ diets
A Flinders University researcher has developed a new risk assessment tool to identify Australian toddlers with poor diets.
Variety and convenience can help women boost their intake of fish
Women are often told to eat more red meat, yet it is just as important for women to increase their weekly fish intake.
Kicking goals at WIL
A Flinders Work-Integrated Learning placement took Katherine Baldwin to South Adelaide Football Club – two years on, she’s still submitting copy for the Panthers’ newsletter.
Australian-Malaysian honour for Flinders student
Elysia Low Pei Chin, a Malaysian student in the Nutrition and Dietetics course at Flinders, has received a Merdeka Award from the Australia-Malaysia Business Council of South Australia (AMBCSA).
Flinders University backs Thunderbirds with sponsorship and research
Flinders University could help boost the performance of the Adelaide Thunderbirds with proposed new research pointing the way towards improved diet and nutrition under a new sponsorship agreement.