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Description
In Australia, unhealthy diets and obesity are resulting in poor health and high costs to the economy through more expensive health care and productivity losses. Less than 7% of Australians consume diets that are consistent with the Australian Dietary Guidelines.
Unhealthy food environments are the major drivers of obesity and related non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Food and beverage manufacturers play an important role in improving the healthiness of food environments and population diets. This study assessed the nutrition policies and commitments of the largest Australian food and non-alcoholic beverage manufacturers with the objective of demonstrating leadership in obesity prevention, identifying good practices and making recommendations for improvement.
Research notes
This project was conducted by the Global Obesity Centre (GLOBE), a WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, at Deakin University. The project team was led by Associate Professor Gary Sacks, with data collection and analysis coordinated by Ella Robinson. The paper is part of INFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity/NCDs Research, Monitoring and Action Support), a global network of public-interest organisations and researchers that seek to monitor and benchmark public and private sector actions to create healthy food environments and reduce obesity and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) globally. Prof Boyd Swinburn, Dr Lana Vanderlee, Dr Stefanie Vandevijvere, Prof Anna Peeters, Dr Adrian Cameron and several other researchers guided the project as part of INFORMAS and GLOBE.