CQUni HealthWise

13/03/2025

Is carb bad for you, what about the 'naked' ones?!

All carbs need to be broken down by our digestive enzymes to be absorbed. Digestion of complex carbs is a much slower process than simple carbs, leading to a more gradual blood sugar increase.

13/03/2025

Health misinformation remains an enormous public health challenge, risking the overall health and expenditure of consumers. Unscientific (and usually viral) claims about fad diets and dietary elimination, va**ng, vigorous and damaging physical activity routines, or sleep supplements and myths can lead to dangerous side effects.

HealthWise aims to combat health misinformation, promote health literacy, and help consumers make informed health choices.

CQUniversity Australia

University researchers have banded together to form a specialised group that aims to combat health misinformation and promote health literacy.

06/02/2023

Do you need help lowering your blood pressure and reducing your salt intake? CQUniversity researchers have designed an innovative 6-week online salt intake intervention to help you do so.
CQUniversity Australia

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Salt adds to the taste and flavour of our food. But too much salt can lead to many health problems, most importantly high blood pressure – the leading cause of heart attack and stroke. 

01/02/2023

Here is an article published by our team on how effective are behaviour change interventions to reduce salt intake.

PROSPERO registration no. CRD42020185639.

30/11/2022

Have you ever followed a fad diet only to find out a week later that there's new advice telling you to do the exact opposite? 🙄

Dr Saman Khalesi from CQUniversity Australia knows all-to-well the struggles of misinformation and dietary myths we face everyday. 🍞 His important research focuses on equipping consumers with tools to identify misinformation and make informed food choices.👇

Dr Khalesi's outstanding research contributions have earned him a Queensland Young Tall Poppy Science Award! 🏆 Working with consumers and communities, he is developing 24/7 online coaching programs to provide evidenced-based dietary information. 📱

Join us in congratulating Dr Khalesi's on this wonderful achievement, and find out more about his great research in the comments. ⬇️

The Queensland Young Tall Poppy Science Awards are supported by Griffith University , QUT (Queensland University of Technology) , The Office of Chief Scientist and The University of Queensland .

14/04/2021

Have you ever used Diet Apps to track your diet or help achieve your weight management goals? Or prefer not using them?

Whether you are a user of these apps or not, CQUniversity researchers would like to invite you to complete an online questionnaire to explore your use, preference and reasons for not using these apps. The questionnaire will take around 15 - 20 minutes to complete. All Australian residents 13 years of age and older are eligible to participate.

To learn more about this study please click on this link (or copy and paste this URL into your Internet browser): https://cqu.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7QypKTYXMGXXCXc

For any questions about this project, please contact the lead researcher; Dr Saman Khalesi (email: s.khalesi@cqu.edu.au; phone: 0730234153).

This study has been approved by the CQUniversity Human Research Ethics Committee (application number 0000022892). You can contact CQUniversity’s Office of Research (Tel: 07 4923 2603; E-mail: ethics@cqu.edu.au; Mailing address: Building 32, CQUniversity, Rockhampton QLD 4702) should there be any concerns about the nature and/or conduct of this research project.

https://cqu.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7QypKTYXMGXXCXc

CQUniversity Australia

14/04/2021

The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.

13/04/2021

Here is a 2-min quick story about problems of high salt intake in Australia and what we are doing to help at *SaltED* project.

Heart Foundation CQUniversity Australia

“🔊 Listen to Dr Saman Khalesi take us through the problems lots of Australians face with salt consumption for . 👇 ’s Heart Foundation funded project ‘SaltEd’ helps to educate Aussies about salt and how they can easily reduce their consumption. https://...

06/10/2020

Are you trying to reduce your salt intake for a healthier heart? Tell us about what worked and didn't work for you.
Heart Foundation CQUniversity Australia

We eat too much salt! We add it to our food during or after preparation and we eat many manufactured foods and meals that are high in salt content; often this happens unknowingly!