Data Highlights
| Domain | Indicator | Result | Assessment | What was measured? | |
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| Food composition | Proportion of packaged food and drinks classified as unhealthy |
52% |
Packaged food and drinks available in Australian supermarkets (2023) |
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| Food labelling | Proportion of packaged food and drinks that display the Health Star Rating |
36% |
Packaged food and drinks available in Australian supermarkets (2023) |
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| Food promotion | Number of TV ads for unhealthy vs healthy foods in children’s peak viewing time |
2.3/hr vs 1.0/hr |
Product type and frequency of TV food ads on four Adelaide channels over 12 months (30,000 hours) (2017) |
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Number of unhealthy food and drink promotions to which children are exposed online |
10/hr |
Children (aged 13-17yrs, n=9) recorded mobile device screen every time they went onto relevant online platforms or apps for two weekdays and one weekend (2018-19) |
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| Food prices and affordability | Cost of healthy diet as a proportion of income (low-income groups) |
Queensland: 27% |
Cost of recommended (healthy) diet as a proportion of indicative disposable household income in different regions of Australia |
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Remote Qld: 34-36% |
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| Supermarkets | Proportion of checkouts that display unhealthy food or drinks |
90% |
Placement of discretionary food and drinks at staff-assisted checkouts across a sample of all major supermarket chains (n=104) in Victoria (2019) |
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Average discount on unhealthy vs healthy foods |
25.9% vs 15.4% |
Weekly online price data for food and beverages from the largest Australian supermarket chain over 1 year (2017-2018) |
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| Fast food | Average energy content of ‘combination meal deals’ |
66.4% of average daily recommended energy intake |
Mean contribution of large-sized combination meal deals to average daily recommended energy intake for adults, when highest-energy side and drink options are selected, 10 major fast food chains (2020) |
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| Food in settings | WA: Proportion of school canteens that met all healthy food policy criteria^ |
57% |
Adherence of primary and secondary school canteen menus (n=286) to WA Healthy Food and Drink Policy in metropolitan and regional WA (2019) |
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NSW: Proportion of school canteens that met all requirements of the Healthy School Canteen Strategy^ |
95% |
Proportion of NSW Government schools (n=1,612) that have had at least one successful menu check since the launch of the Healthy School Canteen Strategy in 2017 (results as at 30 April 2021) |
Assessment rating: Green = ‘Promotes health’; Amber = ‘Needs further improvement to promote health’; Red = ‘Unhealthy’.
^ Schools: Each state/territory has different criteria in their healthy school food policies and so direct comparison between jurisdictions is not recommended.