Guest Editorial: NSW food and nutrition monitoring project

Abstract

New South Wales can take pride in having one of the world's best food supplies, yet diet-related disease is commonplace. Poor nutrition is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, stroke, some cancers, diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, dental caries and iron-deficiency anaemia. The potential years of life lost to age 65 because of diet-related disease are 70 per cent of those lost because of smoking.