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According to the 2001 National Health Survey, 15.3% of Tasmanians ate one or less serves of vegetables per day, while another 4.7% ate no serves of fruit and 44.7% only ate one serve of fruit a day.

The most popular type of milk for Tasmanians was whole milk (51.7%), with more females using the low or reduced fat, skim or soy equivalent milk.

In 2001, nearly a quarter (23.5%) of Tasmanians usually added salt to their meals after cooking.

SELECTED DIETARY BEHAVIOURS(a) - 2001
	Males	Females	Persons
Dietary behaviour	%	%	%
Usual daily serves of vegetables
Doesn't eat vegetables/1 serve or less	17.6	13.1	15.3
2-3 serves	40.5	38.6	39.5
4 serves or more	42.0	48.3	45.2
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0
Usual daily serves of fruit
Doesn't eat fruit	6.3	3.1	4.7
1 serve or less	49.7	39.8	44.7
2-3 serves	35.7	44.5	40.2
4 serves or more	8.2	12.6	10.5
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0
Usual type of milk
Whole	58.1	45.6	51.7
Low/reduced fat	27.3	33.7	30.6
Skim	6.1	11.6	8.9
Soy	*2.1	3.7	2.9
Evaporated or sweetened condensed/none of the above	6.4	4.9	5.6
Total(b)	100.0	100.0	100.0
Salt added after cooking
Never/rarely	52.1	64.2	58.3
Sometimes	18.0	18.5	18.3
Usually	29.8	17.3	23.5
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0
* estimate has a relative standard error of between 25% and 50% and should be used with caution
(a) Persons aged 12 years and over.
(b) The total includes type of milk not known.
Source: ABS data available on request, 2001 National Health Survey.