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It’s National Nutrition Week (October 13th –19th), and we are celebrating how food connects and nourishes us.

What are your tips for connecting with food and people?

#ConnectedandNourished #NNW2025 #NutritionAustralia #LTUNutrition #DigestLTU #Nutrition #FoodNutritionDietetics
October 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
🍎📚 Interested in studying food and nutrition and a career in nutrition and dietetics?

Join us for a webinar on Tuesday, 23 September 2025, 5-6 pm AEST to hear more about our flexible course offering and pathways into postgraduate study!

Book your place here: www.latrobe.edu.au/events/all/f... ☕💻
September 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Congratulations to PhD candidate Sahiti Peddisetti, supervised by Nutrition and Dietetics Senior Lecturer Annie-Claude Lassemillante, PhD, on her selection from La Trobe University to attend the National Leadership Forum in Canberra last week. #LTUNutrition #LTUPhDStudents
September 3, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Congratulations to our FND Lecturer, Dr Tina Cao, on presenting her research exploring dietary patterns, lipidomics, and cardiometabolic health in participants of the Australian Diabetes, Obesity, and Lifestyle Study at the Australasian Diabetes Congress! #LTUResearch #ADC2025
August 27, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Did you know our teaching extends beyond higher education? Our senior lecturer, Gina, ran an interactive session with Year 9 Students from Ivanhoe Grammar, exploring nutrition myths, social media, and body image in teens. #LTUFoodNutritionDietetics #DigestLTU #FutureStudents
August 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This #NationalDiabetesWeek, we highlight the work of Dr. Tina Cao, whose research is helping advance prevention and person-centred diabetes care, particularly for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities.

scholars.latrobe.edu.au/tycao

#LTUFoodNutritionDietetics #DigestLTU #NDW2025
July 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
📢Last week, our talented DTN310 cohort wrapped up an exciting Cooking Intensive — and what a week it was 📢

👏 Huge congratulations to everyone involved 👏 Your passion and creativity truly shone through utilising your real-world food skills

#LTUFoodNutritionDietetics #FoodInnovation #BushTucker
July 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
📢 Dr Naomi Fitzpatrick from our Food, Nutrition and Dietetics team is helping organise the 11th Annual Weight Stigma Conference (hybrid). Weight stigma is relevant for all professionals and for your practice!
weightstigmaconference.com
#LTUFoodNutritionDietetics #EveryBodyMatters #InclusiveCare
June 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
🎉👏Congratulations to Prof. George Moschonis for his leadership in research and industry engagement🎉👏

George is an integral part of the Defeat Diabetes study, a digital health initiative that delivers personalised dietary guidance supporting Australians with T2D 🥗🤳

#DefeatDiabetes #LTUNutrition
June 20, 2025 at 1:52 AM
We are celebrating Dietitians Week and recognising the work dietitians do to improve health and wellbeing 🔬🏥🩺.

We're proud to contribute to this work and have recently gained accreditation for our innovative, socially focused Master of Dietetics course 🥗📋🎓 #LTUFoodNutritionDietetics #DietitiansWeek
June 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
📢 Research spotlight!
We're proud to celebrate Robyn Delbridge for her recent publication highlighting the power of strengths-based approaches in First Nations research.

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#LTUFoodNutritionDietetics #LTUResearch #DigestLTU #CulturalSafety #ResearchImapct
June 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
👩‍🏫Meet Sara Smilevska – Inspiring minds in our undergraduate Nutrition Assessment subject! Her dedication to teaching excellence and innovative approaches makes a lasting impact both in and beyond the classroom. #LTUNutrition #DigestLTU #LTUTeaching #NutritionStudents
May 28, 2025 at 1:26 AM
We're proud to share that Dr Gina Trakman, one of our brilliant senior academics, was an invited speaker at the Conference on Incontinence in Hobart, advocating for optimised bowel health through nutrition and diet🚽🍎 #LTUFoodNutritionDietetics #LTUResearch #DigestLTU #GutHealth
May 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Congratulations to our Bachelor of Human Nutrition with Honours graduate, Pauline Dacaya, Dr KATERINA SARAPIS and Professor George Moschonis for their recent publication on probiotics in supporting mental health #LTUFoodNutritionDietetics #LTUResearch #DigestLTU
May 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
This #IBSAwarenessMonth, we’re proud to showcase the work of Dr. Lauren Manning, who is investigating why some people respond to dietary treatments for IBS—and others don’t. Her research is paving the way for more targeted, evidence-based care for those living with IBS.

#LTUFoodNutritionDietetics
April 30, 2025 at 2:51 AM
A huge congratulations to Emma Westlake and Laura Lam for taking home awards at this year's School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University awards night 🎉 You're an inspiration! #LTUFoodNutritionDietetics #DigestLTU #StudentSuccess #FNDTeachingSuccess #LTUStudentAwards
April 16, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Congratulations to Dr KATERINA SARAPIS, Dr Yingting Cao and Professor George Moschonis for their recent publication on understanding the unmet needs of people living with Type 2 Diabetes.

#LTUFoodNutritionDietetics #LTUResearch #DigestLTU #Type2Diabetes #ConsumerLedResearch
April 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Masters of Dietetics students kicked off their placement positions this week and the whole FND team would like to wish them good luck 👏👍

Shout out to Sarah Hart, Gina Trakman, Robyn Delbridge and Tara Burrato for your hard work!

#LTUFoodNutritionDietetics #LTUDietetics #LTUTeaching #LTUDigest
April 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Congratulations to two of our ECR researchers, Barnaby Frankish and Dr. Lauren Manning, for their success with the SAHHSS ECR grant scheme. You can find out more about Barney and Lauren’s work below! #LTUFoodNutritionDietetics #LTUResearch #LTUDigest #ECR #FNDGrantSuccess
March 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
We're raising awareness of Coeliac Disease in Australia to optimise outcomes for those who are affected by Coeliac Disease or who are showing symptoms.

What can you do?

Take the self-assessment with Coeliac Australia
to find out more: coeliac.org.au/self-assessm...
March 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Our amazing lecturers are swapping their lab coats for the spotlight as they inspire the next generation of food, nutrition, and dietetics experts! From debunking diet myths to sharing the secrets of superfoods, they're serving up a feast of knowledge that's too good to miss. 🍽️
March 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Exciting news! 📢 Our own @adrianamannino.bsky.social and Dr. Kate Furness have published a systematic review on enteral tube feeding outcomes in advanced upper GI cancers. Read more here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40009216/ #LTUFoodNutritionDietetics #LTUResearch #LTUNutritionScience #LTUDigest
March 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
We are excited to share insights from the World Critical Dietetics conference! Our students, with the support of their senior lecturer, participated in discourse about power, oppression and personal journeys in dietetics 🌍🥗 #LTUFoodNutritionDietetics #LTUNutrition #LTUTeaching
February 26, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Congratulations to Anna Marie Santomartino, whose exceptional research earned the "Dean's Award for Academic Excellence" and Dietitians Australia's "Highly Commended Dietetic Student Prize" #LTUNutrition #LTUFoodNutritionDietetics #LTUIndustryPartnerships #LTUDigest
February 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Pack a punch with your lunch! 🥪🍏💪 Healthy Lunchbox Week is here—mix up tasty, nutritious bites to keep you fuelled all day. Check out Nutrition Australia for lunchbox tips. 🥕🍓🥜 #LTUNutrition #LTUFoodNutritionDietetics #HealthyLunboxWeek #NutritionAustralia #LTUDigest
February 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM