"'If we want to keep people out of hospital, then we need to think about prevention, wellness, health, exercise, [and] fitness.' But that may be easier said than done."

Nearly 50 per cent of Australians now have a chronic disease — many of them preventable

"If we want to keep people out of hospital, then we need to think about prevention, wellness, health, exercise, fitness."

But that may be easier said than done.