Food and nutrition policy
We support the development and implementation of the National Preventive Health Strategy and the National Obesity Strategy to provide a framework for evidence-based actions to improve the food environment with measurable targets to track progress, including targets for improving health equity, and increasing investment in prevention.
The World Cancer Research Fund recommend limiting the consumption of sugary drinks as part of its cancer prevention recommendations because the consumption of sugary drinks causes weight gain and that increases the risk of many cancers.
Actions that organisations and governments can take to reduce sugary drink consumption and encourage water as the main drink include:
- Make free water available in all settings.
- Policies by organisations that provide services to children (such as children’s sports and entertainment) to restrict the sale of sugary drinks.
- Restrictions by state governments on the sale of sugary drinks in schools, children’s sports and events and other places children gather.
- Reduce the availability of sugary drinks in workplaces, government institutions, health care settings and other public places.
- Government restrictions to reduce children’s exposure to sugary drink marketing.
- Introduce a health levy on sugary drinks to increase the price by 20%.
For more information visit Rethink Sugary Drink.