📺 Youth Well Lab on 9 News highlighting how digital environments shape heart health and why prevention matters

🔗 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4iJ...

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#HeartWeek2025 @sisijia.bsky.social @rebeccaraeside.bsky.social @allysontodd.bsky.social

A win for Redfern, City of Sydney rejected a new McDonald’s after strong community pushback

To add, Dr @sisijia.bsky.social BMC Medicine review highlights why zoning must be future-proofed for the digital food era 🔗 tinyurl.com/yaht9bve

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@youth-well-lab.bsky.social

💡There is limited data on the types of foods ordered and consumed from online food delivery apps.

This study obtained consumption data in REAL-TIME and established:
- 46% orders were unhealthy foods such as burgers, pizza
- Nearly 40% orders driven by convenience

mhealth.jmir.org/2023/1/e49135/

2/2 Our research with 100+ young people using mobile ecological momentary assessment, we found convenience, cost, and availability shape what we eat. Read the paper:
mhealth.jmir.org/2023/1/e49135

#YouthWellLab

1/2 New Micromarket = new food choices at @sydney.edu.au

We’ve seen more delivery drivers on campus. Unhealthy options dominate the digital food environment, and convenience and cost often drive the decision.

We asked students what they think of the new options

#YouthWellLab

New in The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific led by @sisijia.bsky.social

We mapped 506 NSW postcodes using Uber Eats + Google Maps data

Key finding: Fresh produce is less accessible online than in person

Full study: doi.org/10.1016/j.la...

#DIGIFOOD #YouthWellLab

Led by @sisijia.bsky.social - Uber “Eats for teens”? Released just in time for school holidays, this feature targets young people 13-17-years but at what cost to their health?

@sydney.edu.au @usydnursingschool.bsky.social @croakeynews.bsky.social @publichealthaus.bsky.social

🔔 Excited to share that my latest paper from my PhD has been published in the The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific!

We assessed socioeconomic disparities in food access between online and local, physical food environments.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"A call to preserve access to cultural foods as gentrification transforms neighbourhoods" - latest piece from our team led by Vijaishree, Ann and @sisijia.bsky.social published in @croakeynews.bsky.social www.croakey.org/a-call-to-pr...

What an incredible way to wrap up the year, @sisijia.bsky.social! It’s been a privilege to supervise you. I’ve learned so much from your dedication and work ethic, and I’m incredibly proud of the research you’ve conceptualised and driven. Cheers to an even brighter 2025! #PhDone #Phinished #Fin

Phew, it’s (P)h(D)one! 🎉

Massive thanks to @stephaniepart.bsky.social @aliceinnutrland.bsky.social!! I truly feel so lucky to have had these two incredible supervisors guide my journey.

And to everyone who supported me along the way, I couldn’t have done it without you 💛💐

Hot off the press 🔥
One of @sisijia.bsky.social final PhD papers published in BMC Medicine that explores how the online #foodenvironment can be regulated using evidence from the offline world bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

🚀 New Research Alert

Thrilled to share our review on the current evidence on meal delivery applications that can inform nutrition-related policies 📑📲

Link here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...