Draft Australian Dietary Guidelines (PDF, 3MB) - Eat For Health
Draft Australian Dietary Guidelines (PDF, 3MB) - Eat For Health
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Contents1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 71.1 Why the <strong>Guidelines</strong> matter .......................................................................................................................71.2 Social determinants of food choices and health..................................................................................81.3 Scope and target audience .......................................................................................................................91.4 How the <strong>Guidelines</strong> were developed ................................................................................................... 131.5 Adherence to dietary advice in Australia .......................................................................................... 181.6 <strong>Dietary</strong> choices and the environment ................................................................................................ 201.7 How to use the <strong>Guidelines</strong> ..................................................................................................................... 211.8 The <strong>Australian</strong> Guide to <strong>Health</strong>y <strong>Eat</strong>ing ................................................................................................. 222. <strong>Eat</strong> a wide variety of nutritious foods ...................................................................................... 242.1 <strong>Eat</strong> a wide variety of nutritious foods ................................................................................................ 262.1.1 Setting the scene ........................................................................................................ 262.1.2 The evidence for ‘eat a wide variety of nutritious foods’ ....................................... 272.1.3 How eating a wide variety of foods may improve health outcomes .................. 282.1.4 Practical considerations: <strong>Eat</strong> a wide variety of nutritious foods ........................... 282.2 Plenty of vegetables, including different types and colours, and legumes/beans, and eat fruit322.2.1 Setting the scene ........................................................................................................ 322.2.2 The evidence for ‘plenty of vegetables’ ................................................................... 322.2.3 The evidence for ‘plenty of legumes/beans’ ............................................................ 362.2.4 The evidence for ‘eat fruit’ ........................................................................................ 372.2.5 How plenty of vegetables, including different types and colours, and legumes/beans, and eating fruitmay improve health outcomes .......................................................................................... 392.2.6 Practical considerations: <strong>Eat</strong> plenty of vegetables, including different types and colours,legumes/beans, and fruit ........................................................................................................ 422.3 Grain (cereal) foods (mostly wholegrain) ......................................................................................... 452.3.1 Setting the scene ........................................................................................................ 452.3.2 The evidence for ‘grain (cereal) foods’ .................................................................... 462.3.3 How eating cereal (mostly wholegrain) foods may improve health outcomes . 472.3.4 Practical considerations: <strong>Eat</strong> grain (cereal) foods, mostly wholegrain ................. 482.4 Lean meat and poultry, fish, eggs, nuts and seeds, and legumes/beans ...................................... 512.4.1 Setting the scene ........................................................................................................ 512.4.2 The evidence for ‘lean meat and poultry, fish, eggs, nuts and seeds, and legumes/beans’ 522.4.3 How eating lean meat and poultry, fish, eggs, nuts and seeds, and legumes/beans may improvehealth outcomes ................................................................................................................... 56DRAFT <strong>Australian</strong> <strong>Dietary</strong> <strong>Guidelines</strong>- December 2011 4