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Australia: the healthiest country by 2020

Prepared for the National Preventative Health Taskforce

• Australia: the healthiest country by 2020
  The Strategy provides a blueprint for tackling the burden of chronic disease currently caused by obesity, tobacco, and excessive consumption of alcohol. It is directed at primary prevention and addresses all relevant arms of policy and all available points of leverage, in both the health and non-health sectors.
  The Strategy comprises three parts: an overview; a roadmap for action; and technical papers focused on the three key areas - obesity, tobacco and alcohol.
  If you have any enquiries, please email pht.secretariat@health.gov.au.
• National Preventative Health Strategy - Overview View PDF
• National Preventative Health Strategy – the roadmap for action View PDF
• Obesity in Australia: a need for urgent action
  Obesity Working Group, Technical Report No 1, Including addendum for October 2008 to June 2009
  One of the greatest public health challenges confronting Australia and many other industrialised countries is the obesity epidemic. Australia is one of the most overweight developed nations, with over 60% of adults and one in four children overweight or obese.
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