Draft Australian Dietary Guidelines (PDF, 3MB) - Eat For Health

2001 Eat Well Australia: An Agenda for Action in Public HealthNutrition and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderNutrition Strategy and Action PlanEat Well Australia: An agenda for action in public health [2] was designed to provide government andother sectors with a strategic framework and an agenda for action on public health nutrition forthe first decade of the 21st century. This document provides the detailed Eat Well Australia Agendafor Action, as outlined in the summary Eat Well Australia Strategic Framework document. Eat WellAustralia is a coherent national approach to the underlying causes of the preventable burden ofdiet-related disease and early death, providing a set of interlinked initiatives for the prevention andmanagement of these diseases.The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nutrition Strategy and Action Plan (NATSINSAP) [945]set out a framework for action to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nutritional healthunder seven priority areas:• food supply in rural and remote communities• food security and socioeconomic status• family-focused nutrition promotion• nutrition issues in urban areas• the environment and household infrastructure• the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nutrition workforce, and• national food and nutrition information systems.An evaluation of the NATSINSAP was completed in 2010, and is expected to contribute toinforming future national policy development aimed at improving nutrition in Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander peoples.DRAFT Australian Dietary Guidelines- December 2011 153