Food for thought
The story hasn't changed: more vegetables, less junk food
30th April 2015
With Australians becoming heavier and more sedentary by the year, is making junk food more expensive the answer?
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has been releasing results of the recent National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey, and it shows there's no mystery about our increasing national girth — we're more sedentary than ever and we're consuming more food.
Unfortunately, we're not filling our plates with vegetables — they're down 39% since the last survey in 1995 (and consumption was below recommendations then).
Indeed, much of the