Community dietary patterns were found
to respond directly
to improved stock management and
food supply, 5,6 and multistrategy, community - directed nutrition programs in some remote communities resulted in marked and sustained improvements in anthropometrical, biochemical and haematological risk factors for chronic disease.7, 8 Knowledge
gained from such studies has broadened the focus of Indigenous nutrition initiatives
to include the «supply side» (improving
food quality and
access to healthy food in remote communities) as well as the «demand side» (promoting nutrition through behaviour change).