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Healthy lifestyle programs for physical activity and nutrition
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Topic: First Nations people
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AIHW
AIHW: Closing the Gap Clearinghouse (2012) Healthy lifestyle programs for physical activity and nutrition, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 03 December 2023.
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AIHW: Closing the Gap Clearinghouse. (2012). Healthy lifestyle programs for physical activity and nutrition. Canberra: AIHW.
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AIHW: Closing the Gap Clearinghouse. Healthy lifestyle programs for physical activity and nutrition. AIHW, 2012.
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AIHW: Closing the Gap Clearinghouse. Healthy lifestyle programs for physical activity and nutrition. Canberra: AIHW; 2012.
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AIHW: Closing the Gap Clearinghouse 2012, Healthy lifestyle programs for physical activity and nutrition, AIHW, Canberra.
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This paper describes the burden of lifestyle-related chronic diseases affecting Indigenous Australians. It assesses the evidence regarding the effectiveness of physical activity and nutrition programs and identifies strategies that have been demonstrated to be effective. It also reviews strategies that have the potential to be effective, based on their short-term effect or their effectiveness in non-Indigenous populations.
Part of Closing the Gap Clearinghouse.
- ISSN: 2201-845X
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-272-8
- Cat. no: IHW 68
- Pages: 10
Findings from this report:
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In non-remote Australia, more Indigenous adults do very little/no exercise compared with non-Indigenous Australians
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Indigenous people are more likely to eat insufficient fruit and vegetables as non-Indigenous people
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Indigenous adults are less likely to be overweight than non-Indigenous adults, but are more likely to be obese
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Overweight/obesity, physical inactivity and poor diet are linked to diabetes, cardiovascular and kidney disease