'A public health crisis': This is how many Australians eat a healthy diet

Less than seven per cent of Australians eat a healthy diet, according to researchers involved in the latest Food Policy Index.Calls for a tax on sugary drinks and warning labels on junk food have increased after a new report showed Australia has made no progress in the fight to tackle obesity., which promote a healthy intake of fruit and vegetables.Since 2017, the Food Policy Index has been tracking progress on federal and state government policies to reduce obesity rates in Australia.

The number of Australians consuming the recommended 5-6 serves of vegetables is less than 10 per cent. Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics via Food Policy Index Australia.The index found good progress was made through actions such as the voluntary food labelling system, no GST on fresh fruit and vegetables, and the release of plans such as the 10-yearBut the 84 experts involved in the latest update of the index said stronger government action is needed to counter lobbying from industry.

Jane Martin, from the Obesity Policy Coalition that had input into the research, said policy ideas have been put forward over many years, but none have been implemented with the public health imperative that is needed to shift the trajectory of obesity rates in Australia. "These communities are at extreme risk. In Central Australia, we've got 60 per cent of the Aboriginal population living with Type 2 diabetes. Access to care, such as dialysis, is really complicated, you have to come off Country, water is a real issue," Ms Martin said.

Ms Martin said both developing and developed nations alike are grappling with the obesity problem - and it useful to look at countries who are leading the way. A group of researchers focused on the Asia Pacific and Oceania region also found a lot of commonalities.

Government could encourage people to grow their own food and vegetables. But no, shares.

It might have something to do with most modern households with kids having both parents working paid jobs on top of parental and home chores. The junk food drive through a convenient option compared to home cooked meals, particularly with franchises approved in every new suburb.

But how is it going to improve if major supermarkets like Coles and woolworths promote all the junk food and it’s always half price and front page.

Lockdowns, closed gyms and restrictions on exercise and travel, closed business but open junk take away food, and the MSM telling people not to go outside What did you all think would happen MSM and government ALL have a responsibility in this

I'll watch that not happen. The answer is fat, too much fat and too much processed junk full of addictive fat, salt and sugar. even Drs get their nutrition ideas from research funded by meat, dairy and eggs. It's a joke.

Heavily tax junk food and soft drinks.

The government needs to subsidise fruit and vegetables. Its good for the people and it's good for the farmers

Can the tax on sugary drinks be used to subsidise and lower the cost of fruit and veggies?

To be fair nothing in Australia improved over the last 9 years…I wonder why? 👀

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