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An expert in Aboriginal health says people living in remote communities are forced to eat a lot of flour and sugar because they can not afford to buy healthy food.
Dr Julie Brimblecombe, from the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, has been studying the food supply at Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory for the past five years.
Her research has found food in the bush is 50 per cent more expensive than it is in Darwin.
Dr Brimblecombe says fresh produce is not always available in the communities.
"A diet that is high in refined carbohydrates and low in fruit and vegetables, and those other nutrient rich foods, certainly places a person at risk of overweight and obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer and nutrition contributes to three of the four top killers for Indigenous Australians."
