Jamie's Ministry of Food rolls into Australia's 3rd largest Aboriginal community

Описание: Jamie’s Ministry of Food Mobile Kitchen recently rolled out its home cooking program in an Aboriginal community for the first time. Here's a sneak peek of what the residents of Cherbourg (Australia's 3rd largest Aboriginal community) thought about the program.

As Australia’s third largest Aboriginal community, The Australian Bureau of Statistics lists Cherbourg as the second most disadvantaged community in Queensland with a SEIFA index of 555.7. The annual financial cost of obesity in Australia has been estimated at AUD$8.3 billion with an additional AUD$49.9 billion in the form of lost wellbeing, bringing the combined cost of obesity to AUD$58.2 billion. Unfortunately the situation is even more acute for Australia’s Aboriginal community. Aboriginal Australians have a lower life expectancy and suffer poorer health outcomes than non-Aboriginal Australians. Aboriginal Queenslanders are also 12% more likely to be overweight or obese compared with non-Aboriginal Queenslanders.

Part of the solution is giving people the skills to cook quick, tasty, healthy meals. With the rise of convenience food the skills of basic home cooking are being lost. Cooking at home is more likely to be lower in fat, salt and sugar and higher in vegetables.

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For more information or to learn to cook head to http://www.jamiesministryoffood.com.au