Preventative health discussion paper launched.

The article reports on the "Australia: The Healthiest Country by 2020" discussion paper. The paper warns the life expectancy of children in Australia today could be cut by two years if current levels of obesity continue. The discussion paper reports around 32% of the nation's illness is caused by tobacco, obesity, harmful and high use of alcohol, physical inactivity, poor diet and associated risk factors of high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol.