Can Meal Planning Help Australia Save $88B?

Feb 07, 2023

Obesity is projected to cost Australia $87.7 Billion by 2032. Can meal planning help curb some of that spending? Read to the end to see how you can give our meal-planning app a free test run.

Health Canada considers meal planning a key skill that can help improve the health status of Canadians. So much so in fact that they developed a 12-month campaign designed to advocate the benefits of meal planning.

Meal planning is known to reduce stress, reduce food wastage, improve eating habits, and save time (well sort of).

If you're trying to lose weight, meal planning is a great skill as it helps to reduce hunger's influence on decisions around food. When you lose weight, your body responds with an increase in certain hunger hormones. This is one of the reasons maintaining weight loss is so challenging. If you can make decisions about food all at one time in the week, then hunger is likely to play less of a role when making those decisions.

One of the hurdles with planning your meals is the perceived time barrier to sitting and doing it. If you can batch your decisions about what meals to eat for the next week it can save you time, but you also need the time to sit and batch.

Health Canada's evaluation of its meal planning campaign found the perceived lack of time to actually meal plan was a barrier to many families. Hence why apps like MEALZEE can fill that gap. If you can now meal plan in a few simple clicks, while factoring in the food preferences of the entire family (or your clients), then meal planning as a strategy could now become a viable option for many.

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Meet The Author

Chris Hughes is a dietitian with over 14 years experience working in chronic disease. Chris has post-graduate training in Adult Obesity Interventions, diabetes education and has an interest in the interaction of diet, nutrients and autism. His career has led him from working in the hospital system with Queensland Health, to owning a busy private practice with 5 locations and 18 staff. Chris's current role is as owner and creator of MEALZEE, a time-saving meal planning solution that provides customized meal plans, using dietitian-created recipes. Chris enjoys travelling with his wife and four children, surfing, or watching his beloved Cronulla Sharks.