Editing Ballarat (section)

===Health===
[[File:BAllarat Hospital.jpg|thumb|[[Ballarat Base Hospital]]'s Henry Bolte wing]]
Ballarat has two major hospitals. The public health services are managed by Grampians Health Ballarat<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bhs.org.au/|title=Home -Ballarat Health Services|access-date=16 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603010353/https://bhs.org.au/|archive-date=3 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> including the [[Ballarat Base Hospital|Ballarat Base]] which services the entire region and the [[Queen Elizabeth Centre, Ballarat|Queen Elizabeth Centre]] for aged care on Ascot Street Sth. The [[St John of God Health Care]] centre also on Drummond Street Nth, established in 1915 is currently the largest private hospital in regional Victoria.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/ed/industries-reports-and-strategies/health-and-community-services.aspx|title=City of Ballarat – Health and Community Services|website=ballarat.vic.gov.au|language=en|access-date=10 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309053723/http://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/ed/industries-reports-and-strategies/health-and-community-services.aspx|archive-date=9 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Ballarat Regional Integrated Cancer Centre (BRICC) on the corner of Drummond and Sturt Street includes a number of facilities focused on cancer treatment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reachnewheights.com.au|title=Ballarat Regional Integrated Cancer Centre – home|publisher=Reachnewheights.com.au|access-date=25 March 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130415101121/http://www.reachnewheights.com.au/|archive-date=15 April 2013}}</ref>

The Heart Foundation did a study in 2014 that Ballarat had the highest level of physical inactivity (85.3 per cent) in Australia and that 32.9 per cent of residents were deemed obese.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/2887384/eat-in-not-out-experts/|title=Eat in, not out: experts|first=MELISSA|last=CUNNINGHAM|date=16 February 2015|work=thecourier.com.au}}</ref>