Ruth Colagiuri

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  • Associate Professor & Director, Health and Sustainability Unit, Boden Institute for Obesity, University of Sydney
Coal mining in NSW’s Hunter region co-exists with wine growing, racehorse breeding, dairy and other pastoral industries. Jo Schmaltz

Coal industry thriving, but at what social and health cost?

Ruth Colagiuri, University of Sydney and Emily Morrice, University of Sydney

If you believe industry propaganda, coal mining is a panacea not only for economic ills but also for smoothing troubled social waters. But a lack of local evidence about the health impact of the coal industry…
With its natural beauty, Rio provided the ideal backdrop for the earth summit. Anna Magal

Rio+20 and chronic diseases: a glass half‑empty or half‑full?

Ruth Colagiuri, University of Sydney

Rio provided the ideal backdrop for the Rio+20 “earth summit” – with the jungle at its backdoor, nestled among magnificent jagged mountaintops, bordered by kilometres of white sandy Atlantic beaches, and…
NCDs are responsible for the increase in mortality and morbidity in developing countries still grappling with infectious diseases. AAP

Keeping the lid on chronic diseases needs global buy‑in

Ruth Colagiuri, University of Sydney; Anne Marie Thow, University of Sydney; Milton Lewis, University of Sydney; Phillip Baker, Australian National University, and Shauna Downs, University of Sydney

The 2011 UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Prevention and Control marked an all-time high in the recognition of the devastating toll of the global NCD epidemic. But much remains to…

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