71 Working as a Public Health Nutritionist to Improve the Food in School Tuckshops, with Aimee Johnston

Aimee Johnston is a public health nutritionist and the Senior Project Officer at The Queensland Association of School Tuck Shops. Between her current role and her volunteer experience with the Cancer Council, Aimee has plenty of experience making an impact on children’s food choices.

In this episode, Aimee shares:

How she accidentally found herself gravitating towards a career in nutrition.
Discovering she didn’t want to work in clinical practice or a hospital setting.
Her university placement with Cancer Council in NSW and how she worked on project around food marketing to children.
Continuing to volunteer at the Cancer Council while she looked for a job after uni.
The many reasons she recommends volunteering, including what she has gained from these experiences and why she still volunteers to this day.
All about the ‘Eat it to beat it’ program and the work she did on this.
The key skills needed in public health nutrition and the kinds of roles she has done.
Why empathy is important.
Her experience with a mentor and the benefit of having someone to learn from.
Why it’s important to have the attitude that you’re going to be learning for the rest of your career.
Her experience doing a masters in public health and why she’s made the decision to take it slow.
Pointers for people who do want to go down the public health pathway.
Why she takes the time to reflect and set goals.
And so much more!