Obesity culprits targeted
November 19, 2010
The sodium and saturated fat
content of processed poultry and
soups are the next “priority food
category” to be addressed by the
national Food and Health Dialogue
- a group set up in 2009 to help
improve the dietary habits of the
increasingly obese Australian
population.
The fifth meeting of the Dialogue
was convened in Canberra this
week by Parliamentary Secretary for
Health, Catherine King, who said
“Obesity represents a significant
burden on Australian society, in
terms of immediate health impacts
on affected individuals, loss of
workplace productivity, increased
demands on thehealth system and
loss of quality of life”.
Children in particular are being
targeted, with the group set up
after the 2007 National Children’s
Nutrition and Physical Activity
Survey found that many Aussie kids
ate too much salt, sugar and
saturated fat, and not enough fruit
and vegetables.
Previous meetings have agreed to
work with manufacturers to reduce
the sodium content of bread and
breakfast cereals.
In October members of the group
also held roundtables with the
processed meat and simmer sauce
sectors to make those foods better.
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