DRAFT Australian Dietary Guidelines - Eat For Health

the study results were generalisable to the Australian population
the study was related to foods or the total diet rather than nutrients.
While they did not influence the Evidence Statements or grading’s, these sources were used to
assist in refining translation of the evidence.
1.4.2 How the evidence was used
Getting the guideline wording right
The final wording of each recommendation was developed by a Working Committee consensus
approach, based on the information gained from the five key sources listed Section 1.4.1.
For example, to translate all available evidence regarding consumption of vegetables and health
outcomes to develop dietary guideline recommendations the following evidence was considered:
the graded Evidence Statements (from Grade A through to C) about the relationship
between consumption of vegetables and various health outcomes [14]
the importance of vegetables as a source of key nutrients in the Australian diet from the
Food Modelling document [10] and the NRV document [9]
the relatively low energy content of vegetables [9, 10]
findings of international authoritative reports including the World Cancer Research Fund
report [42]
information provided in the 2003 Dietary Guidelines [37].
Assessment of all available sources of evidence confirmed the importance of consumption of
vegetables for promoting health and wellbeing. The Working Committee translated this evidence
into the recommendation to ‘eat plenty of vegetables’.
Using Evidence Statements
The manner in which Evidence Statements were developed is described in Section 1.4.1. In the
sections titled ‘Evidence’, all the graded evidence statements are underpinned by evidence from
the Evidence Report, and referred to clearly in the text in these sections. This section also
includes relevant ungraded referenced evidence from the other four key sources (see Section
1.4.1) to ensure comprehensiveness and currency. These Evidence sections provide the basis of
the scientific information that was translated to form each guideline recommendation at the
beginning of each chapter.
To ensure the Guidelines are realistic, practical and achievable, the scientific and social context for
each Guideline was considered. This information is included for each Guideline under the heading
‘Setting the Scene’.
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