Annual membership (subscriber) of HEC for only Au$29.95 (inc. GST) More.....

All members get:
- access to the on-line book "Food Facts" on CD-rom by Professor Wahlqvist
- access to do our body image module on-line
- member discounts for all our on-line healthy eating course modules

HEC short on-line Healthy Eating course ( 5 modules, $195) More ....
The HEC website is the only website currently offering on-line reputable course modules for the
general public in nutrition.

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SUBSCRIBE TO: Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition (APJCN) AU$135/year includes hard copy plus on-line access (via this website). FOUR issues plus supplements (based on International Nutrition Conferences) per year. APJCN is included in the key medical databases (e.g MEDLINE). To view SUBSCRIPTION FORM click here
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HEC FACT SHEETS (co-authored with Victorian Government Better Health Channel website)

Cancer and Food More

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WHAT'S NEW IN NUTRITION RESEARCH

Walking is good medicine

A new study on 2896 adults with diabetes published by The Archives of Internal Medicine (Gregg et al, 2003;163:1440-1447) reported that people who walked at least 2 hours a week had a 39% lower risk of death from any cause and More...

HEC's Professor Mark Wahlqvist and colleagues have written a book "agefit" about how to stay fit (especially from the middle years and onwards) with small but significant diet and lifestyle changes. More....
The authors have also produced a video "ageactive" showing simple exercises you can do at home to stay fit and maintain muscle mass with advancing years. More .....

Breast cancer risk, fatty meat and full fat dairy foods

A study of more than 90,000 women aged 26-46 (published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 16 July 2003) showed that premenopausal women with the highest intakes of animal fat had more....

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RESOURCES ON THE WEB

Routine Vitamin Supplementation
The US Preventive Services Task Force evaluated the published literature in 2002 and concluded that there is not enough evidence to recommend for or against the use of:
1) vitamins A, C or E; 2) multivitamins with folic acid; 3) antioxidants for the prevention of cancer or cardiovascular disease. The Task Force also recommended against the use of beta-carotene supplements. These conclusions do not mean that vitamins are without benefit, but the evidence against major diseases is lacking
To read the evidence published in July 2002 Annals of Internal Medicine: click here

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