National Obesity Strategy

This is your chance to have your say on a national strategy to tackle obesity. A range of social, environmental & economic factors contribute to obesity or a person being able to maintain a healthy weight. If the current trend continues more than 18 million (⅔ of Australia’s projected population) will be overweight or obese by 2030. 

The Government is addressing this significant public health challenge; the Australian and state and territory governments through the COAG Health Council have agreed to develop a national obesity strategy. 

How to have your say

We are urging you to have your say and get involved. Open consultation is an opportunity to have your say to help shape the national obesity strategy. 

Submissions close at 11.59 pm on Sunday 15th of December 2019

Take the short online survey for community members and individuals and have your say about barriers for eating healthily, doing more physical activity and what ideas might help to prevent overweight or obesity in our communities here in Australia. It only takes around 15 minutes to complete, and the more people that can voice their opinions the better! Don’t miss out on this opportunity to get involved and make a difference to the treatment of obesity in Australia. What we do today has such a significant impact on our future tomorrow.