CSIRO: Australia's government research organisation
The Commonwealth Science and Industry Research Organisation (CSIRO) is Australia's government research organisation. Their mission is to create measurable economic, environmental and social benefits that better our world.
Since its establishment in 1916, the CSIRO has been involved in research across a number of fields, including agriculture, health and biosecurity, energy, land and water management, manufacturing, mineral resources, ocean and atmosphere research, and of course food and nutrition.
Among the CSIRO's long list of achievements you'll find many household innovations like wifi (which you may be using right now), extended wear contact lenses, Aerogard and the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet.
The CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet
The CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet was launched in book form in 2005 as a science-based, practical and healthy eating guide. The diet was based on studies by the CSIRO which showed that a higher protein, low fat diet facilitates sustainable weight loss.
In 2014, the CSIRO partnered with Digital Wellness to create the online version of the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet.
In 2024, the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet celebrated its 10th anniversary.
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Our innovations
The partnership has produced a number of innovations, including:
- Fast Start Meal Replacements - shakes that can boost early weight loss, reduce cravings and improve long-term weight loss results.
- Protein Balance - an improvement on the original diet which distributes protein more evenly across all meals.
- CSIRO Healthy Diet Score - a study with more than 200,000 participants that scored their diet quality on a scale from 1 to 100 (average score was 59).
- CSIRO Diet Types - a study with more than 150,000 participants that looked at the influence of behaviour on diet choices.
- Android and iOS apps for CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet members
- Health Condition programs for people with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and joint pain.
For a full list of our reports and publications please click here.
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