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ALMOST every Australian has at least one preventable risk factor that makes it more likely they'll develop a chronic disease during their lifetime, while more than half the population has two or three risk factors.

New research released today shows that people could do a lot to improve their health simply by eating more fruit and vegetables and getting more exercise.

"Just over 90 per cent (of adults) fail to consume the recommended amounts of vegetables each day and about 50 per cent do not consume the recommended amounts of fruit," a new Australian Institute of Health And Welfare (AIHW) report into risk factors states.

"This is important because people with low intakes of fruit and vegetables have higher risks of certain chronic diseases."

The AIHW report examined risk factors including obesity, excessive alcohol consumption, daily smoking, physical inactivity, high blood pressure, milk consumption and insufficient vegetable and fruit intake.

It says 99 per cent of people have at least one of those eight risk factors. Fifty-two per cent have two or three.

As the number of risk factors increase so does the likelihood of developing a chronic disease such as arthritis, Type 2 diabetes, depression, asthma, osteoporosis or heart disease.

The distribution was similar for men and women although slightly more males have five or more risk factors - 17 per cent compared to 11 per cent of females.

Apart from eating better, the research suggests people need to get off their backsides more often.

"A sedentary lifestyle is increasingly recognised as being detrimental to health as it can contribute to many chronic diseases as well as an increased risk of mortality," the AIHW report states.

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