Laureate Professor Clare Collins

How Healthy is your Diet? Take The Quiz  Takes less than 10 minutes!


Clare is a Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Newcastle and leads the Nutrition and Metabolic Health Research Program at the Hunter Medical Research Institute.

She is internationally recognised for her research on how improving diet quality and eating patterns can support better health and wellbeing. Her work focuses on translating nutrition science into practical solutions that people can use in everyday life.

Clare is also a well-known and trusted voice in nutrition, regularly appearing across TV, radio, and online media. She has contributed to thousands of media interviews and is a regular guest with Dr Karl on ABC programs including Triple J Science Hour and Shirtloads of Science. Clare now hosts her own successful Podcast, Nutrition Science Bites.

She is a leading author in public nutrition, with widely read articles on The Conversation reaching millions of readers, and has written books to help people make healthier, more informed food choices.

At No Money No Time, Clare leads the development of evidence-based tools and resources that make healthy eating simple, affordable, and achievable for everyone.

Areas of expertise

  • Nutrition
  • Dietetics
  • Diet quality
  • Healthy eating
  • Public health nutrition
  • Personalised nutrition

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Your Personal Healthy Eating Quiz

What you eat or don’t eat affects how you look, feel and perform. Take our short quiz to find out what foods you could introduce to help you be your best.

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What is healthy eating?

Eating healthy is making sure you enjoy a wide variety of foods from each of the five major food groups daily, in the amounts recommended. The five major food groups as recommended by the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating are:

  1. vegetables and legumes/bean
  2. fruit
  3. lean meats and poultry, fish, eggs, tofu, nuts and seeds, legumes/beans
  4. grain (cereal) foods, mostly wholegrain and/or high cereal fibre varieties
  5. milk, yoghurt, cheese and/or alternatives, mostly reduced fat.

Foods are grouped together because they provide similar amounts of key nutrients and eating a variety of foods from the list above helps to promote good health and reduce the risk of disease.

How do I improve my diet?

If you want to improve your diet you have come to the right place. By completing the Healthy Eating Quiz you’ll receive instant personalised feedback and a report on your diet quality to highlight any areas where you can improve your overall eating habits. Your score is based on the frequency and variety of the foods consumed from the five major food groups mentioned above. No Money No Time can help you improve your score by providing tips, goals and suggestions. On top of this we will provide quick, cheap and healthy recipes as well as credible answers to diet hacks, myths and FAQ’s.

Is my diet healthy?

Dietary habits are different between people. Some people choose to follow a particular diet (i.e., Keto diet or vegan diet) while some have to make changes due to certain food restrictions or health conditions. If you want to know if what you usually eat is healthy, then do the Healthy Eating Quiz today to give you the answers in less than 10 minutes.

Why is healthy eating important?

Your HEQ score and personalised feedback report is based on the frequency and variety of healthy core foods you usually eat. This is important because no single food contains all the nutrients we need to stay healthy. Some foods are higher in nutrients than others and people who have a lot of variety in the foods they eat are more likely to be healthy and to stay healthy. In other words, if you can eat a large variety of vegetables as opposed to only 2-3 types of vegetables, the benefits are much greater. This type of diet also helps you to feel better, think better and perform better during your usual daily activities.

Take the Healthy Eating Quiz