Sugar Film supports Indigenous health program

The man who made the acclaimed documentary The Sugar Film has used funds from the movie to establish a health program in outback South Australia for indigenous communities.

Following establishment of the Mai Wiru Sugar Challenge Foundation, Damon Gameau recently returned to the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands with two nutritionists to develop an education program on diet and sugar.

The program involves demonstrations on how to read food labels to detect “hidden” sugar and the installation of “thumbs-up” and “thumbs-down” signs on shelving to show good and bad food options. There are also cooking sessions on healthy foods that can be sourced from the store in Pipalyatjara, a tiny town, 550 km south-west from Alice Springs.

The project is featured on Australian Story. Photo courtesy of Australian Story.