DRAFT Australian Dietary Guidelines - Eat For Health

The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating provides detailed information on the number of serves and
serve sizes of lean meat, poultry, fish, eggs, legumes/beans and nuts/seeds required for different
population groups (see tables 4.5 & 4.6).
Table 2.5: Recommended number of serves of lean meat, poultry, fish, eggs, legumes/beans
and nuts/seeds per day *
* Additional portions of the five food groups or discretionary choices are needed only by people who are taller or more active to meet additional energy requirements.
Source; Australian Guide to Healthy Eating [114]
Table 2.6: Standard serve size equivalents for lean meat, poultry, fish, eggs, legumes/beans
and nuts/seeds
^ Only to be used occasionally as a substitute for other foods in the group
Source; Australian Guide to Healthy Eating [114]
To meet recommended intakes, omnivorous adults in Australia would need to consume 40% more
‘poultry, fish, seafood and eggs or legumes/beans, nuts or seeds’ but omnivorous men would need
to consume around 20% less red meat than currently [10]. For children 2–16 years of age, around
30–85% more ‘poultry, fish, seafood and eggs or legumes/beans, nuts or seeds’ and around 25–70%
more red meat would be required above current intakes to meet recommendations. Exact
quantities depend on age and sex [10].
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