Australia: the healthiest country by 2020
National Preventative Health Strategy – the roadmap for action
Targets
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The aim of this strategy is to halt and reverse the rise in overweight and obesity in Australia by 2020.
A range of targets relevant to obesity have been agreed upon as part of the COAG National Partnership Agreement on Preventive Health. The outcomes and detailed performance benchmarks are detailed in the Monitoring and Evaluation chapter. The Taskforce accepts these measures as appropriate long-term and interim targets for this strategy.
The Agreement sets the following medium to long-term outcomes for obesity:
- Increase the proportion of children and adults with healthy body weight by 3% within 10 years.
- Increase the proportion of children and adults meeting national guidelines for healthy eating and physical activity by 15% within six years.
- Help assure Australian children a healthy start to life, including through promoting positive parenting and supportive communities, and with an emphasis on the newborn.