• Jennifer Browne, Rick Hayes, and Deborah Gleeson.
• School of Public Health and Human Biosciences, La Trobe University, Victoria; Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, Victoria.
• Aust N Z J Public Health. 2014 Aug 1; 38 (4): 362-9.

ObjectiveTo examine the extent to which nutrition has been prioritised in national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health policy.MethodAustralian Government websites were searched for Aboriginal-specific health policies and strategies developed between 2000 and 2012. Thirteen documents describing nine policies were analysed.ResultsIncreased and more comprehensive inclusion of nutrition in Aboriginal health policy was identified during the first half of this period. In the second half, however, nutrition strategies were fragmented, and a much greater emphasis was placed on smoking.Conclusion And ImplicationWith the exception of food security in remote communities, nutrition seems to have disappeared from the national Aboriginal health policy agenda. This is a concern, given the burden of nutrition-related disease in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population.© 2014 Public Health Association of Australia.

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