Current tests screen against risk-factors and biomarkers for coronary heart disease (cholesterol production and uptake, and blood pressure), colorectal cancer and inflammatory diseases. The challenge is identifying novel bioactives that may reduce the incidence of chronic disease.

Find out about Preventative Health Flagship research on improving gut health, and the prevention, susceptibility, early detection and diagnosis of colorectal cancer.

CSIRO is using information and communication technologies to build a sustainable health care system for Australia and meet the challenges of an aging population.

Eating healthy and safe foods are fundamental activities that people enjoy in Australia. Ensuring foodborne pathogens, especially pathogenic bacteria, are appropriately controlled and dealt with is key to healthy eating and our ongoing wellbeing.

Developing new health management systems, through the applications of advanced information and communication technology, data analysis and statistics, is set to deliver improved patient treatments and new ways to retrieve, organise and communicate healthcare data.

Read more about the results of the study into understanding parent concerns about children’s diet, activity and weight status.

Medical devices research occurs at the interface of biological, chemical, physical, electronics, engineering and manufacturing sciences. It utilises biological properties, processes and systems to develop new and clever materials, faster and more precise techniques, diagnoses and treatments.

The Preventative Health Flagship's research aims to understand what causes neurodegenerative diseases and develop strategies for their prevention.

Scientists in the Preventative Health Flagship are working to understand the causes of obesity, and developing strategies to manage and prevent it.

Are you unsure of which dairy foods are best for children? Concerned about the amount of time children spend watching TV? Families are invited to take part in a new CSIRO study that will test strategies to make it easier for children to choose appropriate foods and leisure time activities.