DRAFT Australian Dietary Guidelines - Eat For Health

The Evidence Report
(A review of the evidence to address targeted questions to inform the revision of the
Australian dietary guidelines)
This is a systematic literature review relevant to targeted questions published in the peerreviewed
nutrition literature from 2003-2009. This document is described further in Section 1.4.
As an example, if you would like to look at the evidence for a particular Evidence Statement, you
would refer to the Evidence Report.
The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating
This package of resources includes:
the ‘plate’ graphic divided into portions of fruit, vegetables, grains, milk, yoghurt and cheese
products and lean meat and alternatives, representing the number of serves of each type of food
required per day
the recommended number of serves of each of the food groups, and discretionary foods,
for different sub-population groups
examples of what a serve size is for each food group
As an example, if you are would like to know how many serves of vegetables men aged between
19 and 50 should eat each day you would refer to the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating. This
information is also included in the Guidelines under ‘Practical considerations for health
professionals’ for each food group.
Related brochures and posters for health professionals and consumers
All these documents are available on the web at www.eatforhealth.gov.au.
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