SWOT Analysis of Sustainable Goals in an Australian Context
Goal Key targets
TARGET 2.2
By 2030, end all forms of
malnutrition, including
achieving, by 2025, the
internationally agreed
targets on stunting and
End hunger, wasting in children under 5
achieve food years of age, and address
security and the nutritional needs of
improved nutrition adolescent girls, pregnant
and promote and lactating women and
sustainable older persons.
agriculture
INDICATOR
2.2.2ALT
Prevalence of obesity:
proportion of obese
persons (body mass index
>=30).
Strength Weakness Opportunities Threats
Obese citizens have Schools provide guidance The affordability of
a higher incidence to students on healthy nutritional food can
rate of developing eating and the benefits of be a hinderance.
heart disease and exercise.
diabetes.
A platform can be created Advertising and
There are other to educate parents on specials on fast food
factors contributing to modelling good nutrition and sweet treats.
obesity other than habits and providing
Trends over the last ten poor nutrition, such nutritional meals.
years indicate that as mental health and Sweets are often
obesity levels are inactivity. As a community given as rewards.
tending to plateau. programs can be
In 2017/18 a survey developed to assist in
showed that 67% of children becoming active.
Australian adults are
More awareness of high
overweight or obese
nutritional foods with
products labelled with and 24.9% of
health star ratings. children aged 5-17
are overweight or
obese.
Australia has one of the
highest obesity rates in
the world.