106% increase in Australian takeaway food sales from August 1999 to 2009, will the Preventative Health Task Force have any effect?
106% increase in Australian takeaway food sales from August 1999 to 2009, will the Preventative Health Task Force have any effect?
With the Preventative Health Task Force making recommendations about the banning of junk food advertising during children’s television viewing times, is more needed to change the growth in the consumption of takeaway food?
More so the levels of fat, sugar and salt needs to be addressed in takeaway food guidelines as adding these ingredients is the cheaper option when compared to fresh healthy ingredients.
The latest ABS figures for July show a disturbing trend that takeaway food sales have increased by 105% in 10 years which is interesting given that we have just experienced the GFC.
So will the government initiatives and recommendations at the very least slow done this rate of growth for takeaway food sales in Australia.
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October 18th, 2010 at 9:37 pm
Hi Andrew, Interesting statistic. I’m just doing some research into the issue, and think this 106% (109%) increase might be slightly out of context.
If you look at grocery food purchases for the same period, those numbers, too have nearly doubled (95% increase). It is therefore safe to assume that inflation might be the culprit here.
However, your assumption is correct and can be substantiated by comparing takeaway food spending as a % of grocery spending (33% moved up to 35%).
Either way, you are right in that eating out is on the increase. Thanks for doing the initial research and spreading the message
October 19th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
Hey Marty,
I haven’t done the sums allowing for CPI of 1-2% per year.
You may be interested on the proposal for a junk food tax being considered by the Australian government.