Rebecca Bennet & Kathryn Backholer

Rebecca is a final year PhD student, working as part of the Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition at Deakin University. Her PhD is examining the how digital food retail environments (online grocery shopping, meal delivery apps, and meal kits) are changing what we eat, and what effects this may have for public health. Kathryn is co-director of the Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition, which includes a World Health Organisation Centre for the Prevention of Obesity. She leads a team of staff and students working to inform policy and practice of the most effective ways to improve diet-related ill-health and reduce social inequalities in health, with a key focus on harmful marketing to children and food pricing and affordability.