date:Aug 10, 2016
A new study reveals that if people simply ate more vegetables, the Federal Government could save $100 million dollars a year on health costs. Horticulture Innovation Australia commissioned the study which found more than 90 per cent of Australians did not eat the recommended five servings of vegetables a day.
Lynne Pezzullo, lead partner of health economics from Deloitte Access Economics, said that men tended to eat fewer vegetables than women.
Ms Pezzullo said looking at the cost of health ca