The Obesity Policy Coalition (OPC) today applauded the South Australian and Queensland governments for their leadership in considering ways to protect young people from junk food advertising.
As childhood obesity continues to escalate in Australia, the Obesity Policy Coalition (OPC) has condemned new draft Children's Television Standards for failing to adequately protect the children.
GENEVA, Switzerland – Many people hold mistaken beliefs about what causes cancer, tending to inflate the threat from environmental factors and minimising the hazards of behaviours well established as cancer risk factors.
Professor David Hill, Director of The Cancer Council Victoria, will begin his role as President of the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) on 27 August 2008 at the World Cancer Congress in Geneva.
Nearly 400 Italian residents of the City of Wyndham showed their community spirit at a fundraising event for The Cancer Council Victoria that raised over $12,400 for the fight against cancer.
A new report released in the United States has concluded tobacco promotion and advertising causes increased tobacco use and depictions of smoking in movies can prompt youths to smoke.
With over 300,000 Victorians diagnosed with cancer since Daffodil Day began 15 years ago, we urge you to buy a daffodil on Friday 22 August, and send a message of hope.
Peak health groups have nominated removing cigarettes from shop displays and extending smokefree areas to cars as keys to the Victorian Government's new 5-year tobacco strategy.
The search is on to find Victoria’s best shade initiative in the 2008 SunSmart Shade Awards. For the first time, workplaces, sports clubs, schools, childhood centres and local government can enter.
Vietnamese women affected by breast cancer and their family and friends are encouraged to attend a free Living with Cancer Education Program at the Western Hospital on Tuesday 26 August.
Greek people affected by cancer are encouraged to attend a free Living with Cancer Education Program at the Austin Hospital on Friday 29 August.
We need volunteers who have cared for a family member or friend with cancer to support others through the Family Cancer Connect program - a telephone peer support service.
Graphic health warnings on cigarettes may lower teenagers' intentions to smoke, according to a new study looking at the smoking uptake of over 4,000 Australian school students.
With over 300,000 Victorians diagnosed with cancer since Daffodil Day began 15 years ago, The Cancer Council Victoria is urging people to buy a daffodil on Friday 22 August, and send a message of hope to all those affected.
Daffodil Day is celebrating its 15th anniversary on Friday 22 August and it's all about hope - hope that one day we'll win the fight. In August, almost 9,000 Australians will be diagnosed with cancer, so events like Daffodil Day are essential.
