Eating less salt could see Australians collectively living an extra 36,000 healthy years in the next two decades, this Grattan Institute report finds. Each year, it would prevent more than 300 deaths while saving money, freeing up health spending equivalent to 6000 hospital visits.

This report explores reasons why some of the recommendations surrounding food waste minimisation are not be being achieved. A key factor appears that retailers have little incentive to reduce waste, for the simple reason that doing so would cost them money.

The rapid proliferation of simplified nutrition labelling schemes across OECD countries, and more widely across the world, raises questions related to policy processes and impacts. Existing studies do not focus on the policy process and how governments engage with stakeholders. There is a lack of information on industry stakeholder engagement with governments throughout their policy...

There is growing international consensus that food systems transformation is important to address the challenges of malnutrition in all its forms, the burden of noncommunicable diseases, environmental sustainability, increasing inequality and ensuring the welfare of workers and animals. This information brief synthesizes the evidence on the role of red and processed meat production and consumption...

The report is aimed at policy-makers, international non-governmental organisations, social movements, grass-roots organisations, activists and think tanks, who are working to render food systems more equitable. The report proposes a focus on power imbalances and identifies ways in which marginalised social groups can be placed at the centre of food system transformation.