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- What is the most appropriate age to introduce solid foods to infants (e.g. 4 months vs 6 months)?
Does the introduction of solid foods at different ages change the risk of developing allergic syndromes
(e.g. eczema, wheezing, GIT symptoms)?
• Which solids?
• How many different foods?
• Method of introduction – one at a time, length of time for one food, before another introduced,
mixed products?
• Method of preparation of solids (e.g. cooked, mixed with breastmilk, formula or cow’s milk)
Does the earlier introduction of solids result in:
• decreased breastmilk production?
• increased risk of overweight and/or obesity?
• increased morbidity and mortality, short term and long term?
- Is there a dose response between consuming red meat (not including processed meat as red meat)
and an increased risk of cancer?
- Is there a dose response of sucrose or other refined sugars in foods or beverages on body weight
indices over the long term (1 year +)?
- What is the effect of sugar-containing beverages on total energy intake and dental health in the diet?
Is there a difference between fruit juice, flavoured milk and other beverages?
- What are the health benefits of grain-based foods (such as bread, breakfast cereals, oats, pasta and rice)
in both refined and wholegrain forms? (comparison of refined vs wholegrain forms)
- Is there an association between specific fruits and vegetables or subgroups of these, for example
Brassica vegetables, tomatoes, cruciferous and citrus etc, and:
• obesity
• cardiovascular disease
• stroke
• diabetes
• cancer
• hypertension
• eye-health
• bone health
• dental health
• mental health?
- How does greenhouse gas emissions, water scarcity and loss of biodiversity change capacity to access
a balanced, varied and sufficient diet?
- Is there a dose response between the glycaemic index and glycaemic load of the diet and development
of obesity and insulin resistance?
- Do children with iron deficiency have higher incidence of cognitive deficits?
- Is there a safe sun exposure which will improve vitamin D status in the general population, the elderly
and children?
- What are the most appropriate indices and references to be used for the assessment of body weight,
growth rates and obesity in children in Australia?
- What is the dose response between different types of milk intake and weight change in adults?
