Australia: the healthiest country by 2020
National Preventative Health Strategy – the roadmap for action

Key action areas

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Key action area 1: Drive environmental changes throughout the community that increase levels of physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour
Key action area 2: Drive change within the food supply to increase the availability and demand for healthier food products, and decrease the availability and demand for unhealthy food products
Key action area 3: Embed physical activity and healthy eating in everyday life
Key action area 4: Encourage people to improve their levels of physical activity and healthy eating through comprehensive and effective social marketing
Key action area 5: Reduce exposure of children and others to marketing, advertising, promotion and sponsorship of energy-dense nutrient-poor foods and beverages
Key action area 6: Strengthen, upskill and support the primary healthcare and public health workforce to support people in making healthy choices
Key action area 7: Address maternal and child health, enhancing early life and growth patterns
Key action area 8: Support low-income communities to improve their levels of physical activity and healthy eating
Key action area 9: Reduce the obesity prevalence and burden in Indigenous communities
Key action area 10: Build the evidence base, monitor and evaluate effectiveness of actions

Key action areas

The key action areas are described below, followed by details of the specific actions required. The Taskforce considers all key action areas to be important. They should be considered as a package – a phased set of actions that, when combined, will provide the most effective roadmap to address the overall targets.

At the end of the chapter, a summary table provides an overall implementation plan to guide action by the relevant parties.

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