%T Risk factor trends: age patterns in key health risk factors over time %I Australian Institute of Health and Welfare %D 2012 %K Public health, %K Population, %K Illness, %K Drugs and alcohol %U https://apo.org.au/node/30998 %X This report presents comparisons over time for different age groups for key risk factors for health including overweight and obesity, physical inactivity, poor diet, smoking and excessive alcohol consumption. These are key risk factors for diseases such as cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease. Monitoring patterns in these risk factors is important to help guide and target preventive health interventions. Good news %9 Report