CSIRO team leader and research scientist Gilly Hendrie speaking at a Dairy Australia breakfast in Melbourne.
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00:00 So, Julie, there doesn't seem to be a lot of movement
00:03 in terms of healthy eating over the last, say, 10 years.
00:06 What's actually happening in that space?
00:08 - Yeah, so unfortunately, our diets have been
00:11 persistently difficult to change.
00:13 Over the past 10 years, we've seen our diets
00:15 were not really shift, so it was about 56 out of 100,
00:19 2015, and it's decreased slightly to 53 out of 100.
00:23 But with all the effort that we've put in
00:24 in terms of public health nutrition
00:26 and health promotion messages,
00:29 yeah, it's disappointing that we haven't been able
00:31 to move the dial and improve the eating habits
00:33 of Australians.
00:34 - Why is that, and what needs to happen?
00:37 - Yeah, you know, it's really difficult
00:38 to change our eating habits.
00:39 They're entrenched in our everyday behaviors,
00:41 our everyday lifestyles.
00:43 They're strong, habitual behaviors,
00:45 and there's a lot of factors that influence
00:47 our food choices, so it is difficult to change our behavior.
00:50 Things like cost, health of food, the convenience,
00:54 all of those things really influence what we buy
00:56 and what we eat.
00:57 - Beautiful, thank you.