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Belinda Smith is one of Australia’s leading Independent Advocates for Children’s Health, Author of The Lunchbox Effect, an advocate for real food in schools and founder of The Root Cause, a for purpose business, that Stands for Children’s Health.
Bel travelled Australia for 2.5 years visiting 100 schools and communities, empowering children, parents and teachers to make better food choices. Her work has now reached over 170 schools and 45,000 children, parents and teachers. Inside her Kids Health Quest Membership, Bel supports families right around the globe to have a peaceful and positive relationship with food. She has been featured on national and regional TV and radio, guest expert on ABC Radio Broken Hill and her work has been mentioned in Parliament.
Bel’s vision is to create a generation of healthy food-literate children who choose real food every day, and these children go onto lead the next generation of children into wellness. She is also a firm believer that when kids become empowered, our jobs as parents become easier.
Media Appearances
Bel and The Root Cause has been regularly featured by the media, including National, Regional and Local TV, Radio and Press, as well as online in major news outlets. Here are a few clippings:
Radio Interviews
Bel has a regular weekly spot on ABC Radio Broken Hill, chatting about a range of topics around food and family health. You can access the replays of Bel’s interviews over on this page.
Bel has trained a team of Certified Instructors to continue her messages in communities around Australia. Below are some of the radio interviews they have been involved in.
Interview Topics
Bel is pretty damn passionate about everything to do with Children’s Health, including the struggles parents and schools are facing in the food climate. She is happy to be interviewed for podcasts, radio, TV, Vlogs, etc.
Some topics you may like Bel to talk about include ( but are not limited to):
- Challenges facing parents and schools in a processed food world
- How to pack healthy lunchboxes quickly
- What’s going into school lunchboxes
- How to empower kids to have a better relationship with food
- How to get your partner, school or sports club onside
- How food impacts mood, behaviour, sleep, academic results and more.
- How the food in our lunchboxes is affecting the planet.
- How food is affecting teeth and eye sight
Media & PR Enquiries
For all Media & PR enquiries, please contact Bel directly on 0401 649 289 or email support@therootcause.com.au