Alison McAleese

LiveLighter Victoria Campaign Manager and Dietitian

Alison McAleese

Alison McAleese is an accredited practising dietitian with eight years’ experience in public health and obesity prevention. Alison has developed a special interest in prevention of disease and public health nutrition. She has worked in community nutrition education, project development and public health roles across Australia and the UK. Alison is the Victorian LiveLighter Campaign Manager at Cancer Council Victoria.

Articles by this author

  • Five healthy family meals for less than $2 per serving

    • Jul 22, 2022
    • by Alison McAleese

    With cost of living soaring, we’ve put together some of our best wallet-friendly recipes with only a handful of ingredients to help you continue making healthy meals for the family without breaking the bank.

  • Shopping list

    Beat the price rise: 6 tips to shop healthy and save at the checkout

    • May 25, 2022
    • by Alison McAleese

    Across the country, we’re all feeling the pinch of a rising cost of living and for many of us this is being felt most in our regular trips to the supermarket. To help you shop well and save at the checkout, we’ve put together some of our top tips.

  • A quick fix: Staple meals to get you through a busy week

    • Apr 08, 2022
    • by Alison McAleese

    Creating a shopping and dinner plan is a great way to ensure you stick to your weekly food budget and eat a variety of healthy foods, but we all have times where schedules go out the window and meal planning gets forgotten. Here are 6 recipes to get you through the week, as well as some helpful tips to make these meals work for you.

  • Lamb shanks

    6 slow cooker tips and tricks

    • Jun 19, 2020
    • by Alison McAleese

    The weather is cooling down. We’re going to the shops less (so we’re buying lots of long-lasting root vegies) and many of us are finding ourselves unusually at home in the middle of the day. What a perfect combination of reasons to get the slow-cooker out!

  • Junk food brands capitalising on lockdown

    • May 10, 2020
    • by Alison McAleese

    Public health groups have slammed fast food corporations for their shameless marketing targeting people in isolation, health workers and bored kids during the COVID-19 pandemic.