The 14th biennial health report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Australia’s health 2014 was released on 25 June 2014.

This edition highlights two themes: The interaction of health behaviours and risk factors on our wellbeing and the impact of chronic disease in Australia, on an individual and nationwide level.

Chapter 6 contains information on childhood overweight and obesity and Chapter 7 contains very limited information on Indigenous childhood overweight and obesity.