Health in the Media

Eat Your Germs!

by Sanjay Gupta

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1725938,00.html

(Sanja Gupta has recently come under fire by highly regarded Medical Journalist Peter Aldhous and the Director of the Health and Medicine Reporting Program at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism for “ineptitude” and “gross oversimplification” in his reporting”)

Cleo Health Online

http://www.cleo.com.au/health.htm

The Biggest Loser

The Federal Trade Commission of Australia regulates food advertising in Australia however, the regulation

of Absolute Nutrient Claims still allow vague terms such as ‘high’, ‘low’, ‘reduced’, ‘less’ etc. to be

used in descriptions on packaging and in advertising to describe the

nutritional content of food.

Health Information That’s Good For You!

http://www.npc.org.au/journalismAwards/healthJournalismAwards.html

http://www.abc.net.au/health/

http://www.healthnewsreview.org/