The Australian Health Policy Collaboration (at Victoria University) has launched Australia's Health Tracker 2016, a report card on preventable chronic diseases, conditions and their risk factors: tracking progress for a healthier Australia by 2025. This is the first of a series of regular issues and there are also seperate report cards for Adult Health and Children and Young People's Health. Over 50 public health organisations and experts have contributed to this document.
One in two Australians suffers from a chronic disease, a third of which could be prevented by removing exposure
to risk factors such as
smoking, high body
mass, alcohol use,
physical inactivity and
high blood pressure. The emphasis is to increase resources for preventive measures.
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