The University of Sydney - NSW Centre for Public Health Nutrition

A major role of the Centre will be to review research findings regarding nutrition policy and programs and produce authoritative documents and guidelines that will steer nutrition interventions in NSW.

See selected highlights of recent and current work program, 2004-2005 (Feb 2005).

The Centre has four key streams of work which guide the products and activities of the Centre. They include:

These are derived from the Centre’s four main goals:

1	Promote good practice in public health nutrition;through dissemination of information about program effectiveness and other lessons from literature and experience regarding population strategies.
2	Provide technical support and training to the public health workforce in planning, implementing and evaluating their nutrition policies and programs.
3	Develop an agenda for applied research and evaluation in public health nutrition in NSW.
4	Regularly compile and disseminate information to the public health workforce about the food and nutrition situation in NSW.
The Centre's work program which specifies major projects and activities, including collaborative projects to be undertaken with several agencies and groups.

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The NSW Centre for Public Health Nutrition is funded by the NSW Health Department and supported by the Sydney University Nutrition Research Foundation

Evidence-Based Planning

Food and Nutrition Monitoring and Surveillance

Public Health Workforce Development

Applied Research and Evaluation