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Associate Professor, Deakin Centre for Global Preventive Health and Nutrition, Deakin University

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September 10, 2026

Weight‑loss campaigns aimed at First Nations women look like drug marketing in disguise

Troy Walker, Deakin University; Jennifer Browne, Deakin University, and Simone Sherriff, University of Sydney

Drug companies are using women of colour and First Nations celebrities in weight-loss campaigns. Not everyone’s happy.

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September 12, 2022

Rather than focusing on the negative, we need a strength‑based way to approach First Nations childrens’ health

Jennifer Browne, Deakin University; Jill Gallagher, Indigenous Knowledge; Joleen Ryan, Deakin University; Mark Lock (Ngiyampaa), Deakin University, and Troy Walker, Deakin University

A recent report has found First Nations children in Victoria have better health outcomes, however culturally appropriate research can better highlight what’s going well for First Nations kids’ health.

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