Draft Australian Dietary Guidelines (PDF, 3MB) - 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 toassist in refining translation of the evidence.1.4.2 How the evidence was usedGetting the guideline wording rightThe final wording of each recommendation was developed by a Working Committee consensusapproach, 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 healthoutcomes to develop dietary guideline recommendations the following evidence was considered: the graded Evidence Statements (from Grade A through to C) about the relationshipbetween consumption of vegetables and various health outcomes [14] the importance of vegetables as a source of key nutrients in the Australian diet from theFood 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 Fundreport [42] information provided in the 2003 Dietary Guidelines [37].Assessment of all available sources of evidence confirmed the importance of consumption ofvegetables for promoting health and wellbeing. The Working Committee translated this evidenceinto the recommendation to ‘eat plenty of vegetables’.Using Evidence StatementsThe manner in which Evidence Statements were developed is described in Section 1.4.1. In thesections titled ‘Evidence’, all the graded evidence statements are underpinned by evidence fromthe Evidence Report, and referred to clearly in the text in these sections. This section alsoincludes relevant ungraded referenced evidence from the other four key sources (see Section1.4.1) to ensure comprehensiveness and currency. These Evidence sections provide the basis ofthe scientific information that was translated to form each guideline recommendation at thebeginning of each chapter.To ensure the Guidelines are realistic, practical and achievable, the scientific and social context foreach Guideline was considered. This information is included for each Guideline under the heading‘Setting the Scene’.DRAFT Australian Dietary Guidelines- December 2011 17