Oral Presentation ANZOS-OSSANZ-AOCO Joint Annual Scientific Meeting 2017

Action to prevent obesity in Australia - are we making progress? (#39)

Jane Martin 1
  1. Obesity Policy Coalition, Carlton, VIC, Australia

Australia has seen numerous reviews and recommendations put to government over the last twenty years to address and prevent obesity. However, despite these attempts, little has changed and in fact funding for obesity prevention has declined at a federal level.  Australia has developed an evidence-based suite of recommendations together with a staged implementation plan, but there is a block around implementation of these policies and programs.  This presentation will discuss the barriers to progress at a federal level, as well as outlining pockets of progress in a number of other jurisdictions. It will also consider ways to amplify and accelerate change.