Sophie Wright-Pedersen
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Sophie Wright-Pedersen
@sophiewp.bsky.social
Dietitian | @QUT PhD candidate exploring kids food experiences | Public Health Nutrition from Foodies in the Field podcast host | she/her
Our latest study into kids’ involvement in food practices!

🔹 High independence in eating & packing lunchboxes
🔹 Partnerships with adults for food prep & trading with school peers.
🔹 Less involved in planning &...
March 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Latest Foodies in the Field podcast episode with @KimAnastasiou on all things #ultraprocessedfood and the impact they’re having on our health and environment. Tune in via the link or wherever you get your podcasts...
March 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM
@sheridencluff and Zoe Murray from @hw_queensland presenting on their strategy for creating a social marketing campaign for Qld’ers to improve healthy food purchasing behaviours with consumers wanting values based and nutrition focused messaging tailored to different settings
March 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM
@CZ_Christina from @IHT_Deakin and @GLOBE_Deakin presenting on advancing food pricing monitoring in Australia including co-designing a food pricing dashboard to inform policy actions #AustPH2023
March 29, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Leigh Bramwell highlighting the importance of critically analysing the ways in which food insecurity is talked about by health staff within government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health services and the need for staff reflexivity on power structures #AustPH2023
March 29, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Sheida Navidi from the remote Public Health Dietetic team for Central Australian Health presenting on the importance of collaborative partnerships with remote store managers to create health-enabling food retail environments in the NT #AustPH2023
March 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Caroline Deen and @meg_ferg_uson on the unaffordable nature of food in remote Indigenous communities and their work in developing a Community-led Framework for improved food security with pricing, supply, transport, and socioeconomic solutions #AustPH2023
March 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Great to see the use of social practice theory in different health fields and how it may be applied in empirical studies to affect change, in this case parenting @caitlan_mclean
March 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Incredible presentation by Khalid Muse from @IHT_Deakin on how to authentically and actively engage African youth within food system policy research, calling for researchers and practitioners to actively amplify diverse voices informing future and current work #AustPH2023
March 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
@GraceArnot presenting important work on young peoples engagement in climate action outlining ways in which young people would like to engage in this space and low-, mid- and higher-level mechanisms to enable this. #AustPH23
March 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
@SabraLane on how solutions focused journalism may be able to tackle news avoidance and reframe community and global issues from unavoidable to inexcusable while providing hope and showcase progress in our world

#AustPH2023
March 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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We describe the extent of #children’s involvement in #food related #qualitative #research, and how this research can be best conducted with children in our recently published #scopingreview https://bit.ly/464ROEl

@DanielleGalle15 @HelenVidgen @DrBadejo @C4CNR @QUT
The extent and nature of children’s involvement in food p...
The extent and nature of children’s involvement in food p...
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March 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Insightful presentation by @asheriff97 on the problematic and insidious privatisation and commissioning nature of Primary Health Networks (PHNs) informed by neoliberalism instead of placing community needs at the centre #AustPH2023
March 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Dr. Sarah Gerritsen on the importance of evaluating the implementation of health food policy and the impact this can have, including governments subsequently mandating policies #AustPH2023
March 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
@Klick22 on the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander data governance in Australia and imperative of Indigenous data sovereignty as research and data collection continues into the future #AustPH2023
March 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
A pleasure and a privilege to hear from Pat Anderson on the journey to and importance of the Voice to Parliament at #AustPH2023. Highlighting that it’s up to all of us to engage, become informed and talk to those around us. #yes23
March 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Some favourite conference posters from #DA2023 both for content and design. Great to see community and public health nutrition work showcased and leading innovative ways of working with communities
@Liza_R_Barbour @heartfoundation @andreabegley @SueKleve @deanaleahy
March 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Sharon Laurence showcasing complex work to implement a food procurement tool across 10 Vic gov departments hitting health, environmental and social targets. Facilitators are trans-disciplinary leadership, gov commitment, ongoing implementation and communication support #DA2023
March 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Georgia Day on the exceptional history of public health nutritionists in the remote stores space. We need to continue investing in the PHN workforce through specified ongoing positions rather than piece meal project based funding that are eroding long term impact #DA2023
March 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Jin Koo from @MonashNutrition showing that financial insecurity is the largest contributor to food insecurity from the Cardinia Food Security survey #DA2023. We need to advocate for responses that address core socioeconomic determinants of food security
March 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Diana Bogueva highlighting the importance of involving young generations in food conversations, particularly when considering sustainable food systems for future planetary health #DA2023
March 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
What happens when we bring kids to the front of food conversations? Come and check out our poster on ways that children can be involved in food related research #daa2023 @DanielleGalle15 @HelenVidgen
March 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Local food systems are key to progressing planetary health goals and requires allies in local governance and civil society organisations to achieve change @karencharlton12 #DA2023
March 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
@Malarndirri19 highlighting the importance of the voice to parliament @yes23au and the role dietitians have in advancing food security for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to open #DA2023 conference
March 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The current Australian PhD rate is forcing students to live below the poverty line, as a PhD student I can confirm the struggles this presents and the conversations I’ve had with others wanting pursue higher research but being financially unable....
March 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM