The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's new report said that there are promising and grim health result about Australian population due to not consuming enough vegetables for their health, leading to many chronic diseases.
This report shows few Australian eating vegetables and most Australians are overweight.
Australian women are living longer than Australian men by four years or 80.4 and 84.6 respectively, therefore, Australia is the top three countries to have long lifespan in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
The biggest killers for Australian men are cardiovascular diseases and dementia as well as Alzheimer are for females.
'The Australian health report also said more than 99 percent of Australian children and 96 percent of adult are failing to eat the recommended amount vegetables, while half of Australians are managing a chronic condition such as diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease.'
Therefore Dr. Adrian Sartoretto, which is a Gastroenterologist said that it is a very serious problem that need immediate action.
"Better Policy around improving the diet but, also, improved access to strategies that might help us to overcome our weight problems. Diet and exercise alone, on average, even with weekly or fortnightly intervention, leads to an average weight loss of about five or six kilos. It's really not very much. And while that might reduce the future risk of disease occurring, it really is inadequate to address existing diseases relating to the weight we carry. We also need to see drugs coming to Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) to assess...to manage weight. We also need to see more research and more funding for alternative procedures," said Dr. Sartoretto.
The good news from this report is that smoking and alcohol consumption is decreasing continuously.
Australian Indigenous are also in better health due to their higher education and employment, therefore socioeconomic status could be the health indicator factor.
However, Dr. Dinesh Indraharan from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare said that 'the lowest socioeconomic group are almost three times likely to smoke or have diabetes and twice likely to die from potentially avoidable causes.'
Dr. Indraharan also claimed that either living in remote, rural areas or in cities, people have different health challenges.
"Where we live and how we live also impacts on (being) overweight and obesity. That's the walkability of our cities, the products we consume, the type of jobs we have and the amount of time we spend in front of screens and monitors," said Dr. Dinesh Indraharan.
Last but not least, almost half of Australian in the age group of 18 to 65 experience mental health issue for instance anxiety, drug abuse and mood disorders. Veterans experience higher rate of mental health issue follow by homosexual and bisexual which experience anxiety disorder with 32 percent compare to heterosexual couples for just 14 percent.
After all, Australian Minister for Health, Senator Greg Hunt said that we should not be ashamed to seek help and wants Australians to see mental health like many other illnesses that we can treat.#
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