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Few Australians are eating enough vegetables, and most Australians are overweight.


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By Stergos Kastelloriou

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Few Australians are eating enough vegetables, and most Australians are overweight.


Those are the findings of a new report on the nation's health from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

It says the effects of a rapidly expanding waistline and a poor diet can be lifelong, with half of Australians suffering from a chronic condition such as diabetes.

But it is not all bad news.

Stergos Kastelloriou reports.

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