Food is fundamental to our health and wellbeing, so it is important we have a good understanding of where our food comes from, what we eat, where we eat and what factors affect our food choices. Australia’s food and nutrition 2012 looks at how our food gets from paddock to plate and how our food choices affect our health and our environment.
30% more expensive
to buy basic nutritious foods in rural and remote areas.
3
main fruit crops produced in Australia are oranges, apples and bananas.
1 in 20
Australians are vegetarian or mostly vegetarian.
4 out of 5
evening meals a week are home-cooked.
3+ hours
of TV per day means kids are twice as likely to be obese.
$237
is spent on food and beverages on average per household each week.
1 in 4 adults
and 1 in 12 children aged 5 to 17 were obese in 2007–08.
261kg
of food waste is produced per person, each year.