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Professor Mike Daube awarded ‘Oscar’ of public health campaigning

Thursday 29 March 2012

Professor Mike Daube, Director of Curtin University’s Public Health Advocacy Institute, has been presented the 2012 Luther L. Terry Distinguished Career Award at the 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health held in Singapore last week.

By Kristy Jones | Campus and community; Health

Weight loss and fibre relationship to be studied

Tuesday 6 March 2012

A Curtin University study will seek to determine whether an increase in fibre consumption can be effective for weight loss. The year-long study, headed by Associate Professor Sebely Pal, at Curtin’s School of Public Health, will require overweight individuals to introduce fibre supplements into their diet.

By Kristy Jones | Research; Health

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