Data Highlights
| Domain | Indicator | Result | Assessment | What was measured? | |
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| Food composition | Proportion of packaged food and drinks classified as unhealthy |
5o% |
Packaged food and drinks available in Australian supermarkets (2024) |
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| Food labelling | Proportion of packaged food and drinks that display the Health Star Rating |
35% |
Packaged food and drinks available in Australia’s four major retailers that are intended to display the HSR in 2024 |
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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 | Proportion of schools in which unhealthy food and drinks (sugary or artificially sweetened drinks, fried foods, salty snacks, sugary snacks) are usually provided or available for sale at the school |
94% |
Implementation of 32 healthy eating initiatives reported in a national primary school principal survey (n=167), August 2022 to October 2023 |
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Proportion of schools in which fresh fruit is usually provided or available for sale at the school canteen |
73% |
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Proportion of schools in which fresh vegetables (i.e. vegetable sticks, not salad on a sandwich) are usually provided or available for sale at the school canteen |
51% |
Assessment rating: Green = ‘Promotes health’; Amber = ‘Needs further improvement to promote health’; Red = ‘Unhealthy’