The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation is Australia's national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world.
Preventing disease and illness, and promoting healthy lifestyles, are the keys to keeping our community healthy and reducing the increasing costs associated with ill health.
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A book containing practical information parents can use to positively influence children’s eating and activity habits.
Nutrition, lifestyle and DNA - CSIRO is researching foods, diets, our lifestyles and their interaction with our DNA to keep us healthier and fitter for longer. Learn more>
The CSIRO Wellbeing Plan for Kids - A book for all families that contains practical information, based on research, for parents to use to positively influence children’s eating and activity habits. Learn more>
Food Bioactives for health - Bioactive molecules are components of food that possess biological activity in addition to their nutritional value. Learn more>
Food Safety - Eating healthy and safe foods are fundamental activities that people enjoy in Australia and key to ongoing wellbeing. Learn more>
Bowel cancer and gut health - Our gut health is integral to our overall health and wellbeing and CSIRO research is focused on lowering the risk of developing bowel cancer. Learn more>
Dementia and Alzheimer's disease - CSIRO scientists have developed a new system to screen for compounds that can inhibit one of the processes that leads to Alzheimer’s disease. Learn more>
Advances in medical imaging - Medical imaging is assisting with the earlier detection of a range of diseases including cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancers and Alzheimer’s disease. Learn more>
Environmental health - Understanding and improving urban environments is imperative for the health and long-term wellbeing of our communities. Learn more>
Preventative health activities can reduce the burden of disease by avoiding the development or halting the progression of illness. We advance this through research focussed on early detection, intervention and reducing the further impacts of established disease.
CSIRO’s health prevention activities are broad ranging and include research in nutrition, substantiation of food claims, developing healthier foods and better understanding of how foods, diets and physical activity can improve health and wellbeing in adults and children.
Our research also incorporates:
behavioural studies to investigate the individual and environment factors that influence people’s decision making and behaviour in relation to health
investigating and designing functional foods that contain naturally occurring molecules with enhanced health benefits such as edible oils, resistant starches and fibre
understanding and modifying the risk factors for a range of chronic diseases, improving the accuracy and early detection of disease, and monitoring the impacts on the community.
CSIRO health research activities in prevention are principally through its Preventative Health Flagship. The long term vision of the Flagship is to improve the health and well-being of Australians and deliver savings in direct health costs through the prevention and early detection of disease.
This one-day symposium will bring together international and national experts to provide a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the field of nutrition and genetics that determine the quality of growth and development from conception and throughout early life.
An international symposium on the role nutrition plays in the prevention and management of pregnancy complications and early childhood diseases such as autism, asthma, obesity and cancer will be held in Adelaide this Friday, 30 July.
Australian scientists have presented key findings at an international Alzheimer’s disease conference this week. Their major focus is on early detection and discovering why the disease progresses.
Wheat breeders are invited to attend this annual forum where CSIRO researchers will discuss their research findings via a series of presentations and Q&A sessions.
This free two-day workshop/symposium will bring together international and national experts to provide a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of Quantitative Imaging Cytometry.
Through the Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO invests significantly in using information and communication technologies to improve healthcare and clinical treatment for all Australians.
CSIRO has developed the Simultaneous Gustometer Olfactometer to help food manufacturers develop healthier tasty foods and help researchers understand how tastes and odours work together, as we eat, to produce flavour. It delivers tastes and odours in a precise and timed manner.
Consumers want trustworthy information about where foods come from, how they are produced, what they contain and what benefits they may have in the diet. CSIRO’s research investigates what kind of information is likely to influence consumer choices.
This video discusses the winning of a CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement 2006 by Dr Colin Ward and his team for the development of the insulin receptor. (2:30)
In this video extract from the television program Catalyst, CSIRO's Dr Michael Fenech says that damage to the genome is a fundamental disease that can be diagnosed and treated. (8:00)
The Australian e-Health Research Centre (AEHRC) is the largest national research facility applying information and communication technologies (ICT) to improving health services and clinical treatment for all Australians.
Make It Safe: A Guide to Food Safety provides practical guidance on how to control food safety hazards, with a specific focus on controls suitable for implementation by small-scale businesses.
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation is Australia's national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world.