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Kangaroo meat hope for Pacific obesity

Last Updated: 20 hours 16 minutes ago

Pacific Island countries which import fatty cuts of meat could help combat the obesity epidemic in the region if they replaced those cuts of meat with kangaroo.

That's according to the Kangaroo Industry Association of Australia, which says at the moment the only real market for kangaroo meat in the Pacific is Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia and a few upmarket hotels in other island countries.

The Kangaroo Industry Association of Australia executive officer John Kelly told Radio Australia's Pacific beat program that kangaroo meat is a healthier alternative to lamb flaps.

“It's less than 2 per cent fat, half of the fat that is there is polyunsaturated so it's good for you anyway,” he said.

“It's also been shown to be high in a compound called conjugated linoleic acid which does a whole lot of good things for you but importantly it activrly reduces blood pressure.”