In Australia today, around two-thirds of adults and a quarter of children are overweight or obese. This is a dramatic change from the landscape just 30 years ago when we first collected national data on weight and height.
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Major food companies targeting low income communities more likely to lead unhealthy lifestyles
A new report has found that major food processors are targeting low and middle income areas with their unhealthy products, armed with the knowledge that consumption of unhealthy foods is higher in amongst those societal groups.
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How does excess weight cause disease?
OBESE NATION: It’s time to admit it – Australia is becoming an obese nation. Today we launch a series looking at how this has happened and, more importantly, what we can do to stop the obesity epidemic.
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95 per cent of children eating too much saturated fat: study
A new study has found 95 per cent of Australian children over two exceeded their recommended intake of saturated fat.
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Australians oppose TV junk food ads, warm to GM foods
More than 75% of Australians support a ban on junk food advertising in children’s television, and almost 20% support a total ban, according to a poll by the Australian National University on attitudes to food security.
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Junk food ads aimed at children fall 60 per cent
Children are seeing 60 per cent less junk food advertising during their television programs, following suggestions from the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) that the practise should be stopped, and calls from health groups to ban ads aimed at those under 12.
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AFGC rejects tax on fast food outlets, study finds 20pc needed to make impact
The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) has rejected a proposal from a suburban Melbourne council that called for major food outlets to be taxed up to 400 per cent more on commercial rates than other businesses.
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220 000 cases of diabetes could be prevented by 2025
Australian researchers have examined three options for beating obesity and discovered they could prevent about 220 000 cases of type 2 diabetes nationwide by 2025.
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Anti-obesity program fails to reduce BMI’s of girls in low-income areas
An Australian-based program to tackle obesity has failed to reduce the Body Mass Index (BMI)’s of adolescent girls in disadvantaged areas.
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40 per cent of elderly Australians at risk of malnourishment
More than 40 per cent of older Australians living in community housing are “malnourished or at risk of malnourishment,” according to a new study.
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Children’s neighbourhoods making them obese
A US study has found conclusive evidence that where a child lives has a significant impact on their chances of being obese.
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Fresh calls for a “fat tax” in Australia
Another Australian health group has joined the chorus of organisations demanding better initiatives to encourage healthy eating.
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UK bakery fighting “fat tax”
The “fat tax” imposed on foods high in saturated fat is being fought by the biggest bakery chain in Britain, who say taxing the sausage rolls and pasties it bakes in store is unfair.
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Red meat consumption linked to early death
A long-running study of 120 000 people has found that consuming red meat daily can increase a person’s chance of dying by 20 per cent.
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Sugar claims “misleading”: Organic producer hits back at Channel 7
Organic food producer Bellamy’s Organic has responded to claims made about the sugar content of some of its products on Channel Seven last night, labelling them “inaccurate,” and “misleading.”
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Are you ready?
Ready meals are not what they used to be.
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More sugar in fruit drinks that fizzy beverages
Beverages labelled as ‘fruit drinks’ are confusing consumers into thinking they’re healthy, when in reality many are worse than fizzy drinks.
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Communicating their way: obesity message delivered to teens via web
An Australian research organisation is tapping into mobile and internet technology, in an attempt to reach teenagers with the anti-obesity message.
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