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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Australia: The Healthiest Country by 2020 National Preventative Health Strategy

This Strategy sets out a vision for Australia to be the healthiest country by 2020. To realise this vision, the Strategy provides the roadmap for a series of strategic and practical actions, to be mplemented across all sectors and by all Australians between now and 2020. This is a major hallenge for the nation, but the rewards will be immense in terms of lives saved, and improved health and wellbeing.

3.1 THE BURDEN OF DISEASE – A FOCUS ON OBESITY, TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL

Obesity, tobacco and alcohol feature in the top seven preventable risk factors that influence the burden of disease, with over 7% of the total burden being attributed to each of obesity and smoking, and more than 3% attributed to the harmful effects of alcohol. Along with a range of other risk factors, and accounting for their interactions, approximately 32% of Australia’s total burden of disease can be attributed to modifiable risk factors.

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