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Professor Gary Sacks is a Professor of Public Health Policy and Co-Director of the Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition (GLOBE) at Deakin University. He is affiliated with the Faculty of Health, specifically within the School of Health and Social Development and the Institute for Health Transformation at Deakin University's Melbourne Burwood Campus in Victoria, Australia.
Education:
- PhD in Public Health from Deakin University
- Graduate Diploma in Health Informatics from Monash University
- Bachelor of Commerce from University of Melbourne
- Bachelor of Information Systems from University of Melbourne
Professor Sacks' research focuses on policies for improving population diets and preventing obesity, with particular emphasis on evaluating government and corporate policies for improving the healthiness and environmental sustainability of the food supply. His work spans public health, nutrition and dietetics, health policy, and corporate social responsibility. He has a broad range of international public health research and policy experience, including placements at the World Health Organization (Switzerland), the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services (Australia), Harvard University (USA), the University of Oxford (UK), and the International Telecommunications Union (Switzerland).
His recent publications demonstrate a consistent focus on food policy interventions, including analysis of ultra-processed foods, food marketing to children, food labeling systems, and fiscal measures like sugar-sweetened beverage taxes. His research combines epidemiological evidence with policy analysis to identify effective strategies for improving population diets and preventing obesity.
Professional Leadership:
- Co-Director of the Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition (GLOBE)
- Co-founder of INFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support)
- Leader of INFORMAS component focused on monitoring food company actions related to obesity prevention
Professor Sacks has co-authored several international reports on obesity prevention, including the Lancet Commission on Obesity, and multiple reports for the World Health Organization and UNICEF. He led the first-ever studies to benchmark progress on obesity prevention by Australian governments and food companies, establishing important metrics for policy evaluation in this field.
