Food consumption
Report
China’s quest for nutritional security
Nutrition is an important, but under-appreciated, component of Chinese food security. A greater appreciation of the role that access to nutritious food plays in economic productivity could help to reduce the economic burden of an ageing population.
Strategy
National food waste strategy: halving Australia’s food waste by 2030
The National Food Waste Strategy provides a framework to support collective action towards halving Australia’s food waste by 2030.
Briefing paper
Serving up inequality: how sex and gender impact women's relationship with food
Though biological factors of sex and life-stage affect women’s nutritional needs, women’s food choices and dietary practices are strongly influenced by structural, social and economic factors. This paper explores various aspects of women’s health relating to food.
Report
How we eat: reviews of the evidence on food and eating behaviours related to diet and body size
A review of the available evidence on the effect of selected eating behaviours on diet and body size.
Working paper
GST reform in Australia: implications of estimating price elasticities of demand for food
This paper uses detailed information about household supermarket purchases from the Australian Nielsen Homescan Survey to estimate price elasticities of demand for a range of food categories.