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Food system’s billions of ‘hidden costs’ a sick outlook

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Millions of Australians are being let down by a national food system that is cultivating insufficient fresh produce, contributing to high obesity rates and diet-related diseases, a first-of-its-kind report has found.

The CSIRO report, released on Monday, found such "hidden costs" could be as much as $274 billion – the highest of any equivalent system worldwide.

The agency's research examined Austr...


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