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

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The <strong>Australian</strong> Guide to <strong>Health</strong>y <strong>Eat</strong>ing provides detailed information on the number of serves andserve sizes of lean meat, poultry, fish, eggs, legumes/beans and nuts/seeds required for differentpopulation groups (see tables 4.5 & 4.6).Table 2.5: Recommended number of serves of lean meat, poultry, fish, eggs, legumes/beansand 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; <strong>Australian</strong> Guide to <strong>Health</strong>y <strong>Eat</strong>ing [114]Table 2.6: Standard serve size equivalents for lean meat, poultry, fish, eggs, legumes/beansand nuts/seeds^ Only to be used occasionally as a substitute for other foods in the groupSource; <strong>Australian</strong> Guide to <strong>Health</strong>y <strong>Eat</strong>ing [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 needto consume around 20% less red meat than currently [10]. <strong>For</strong> children 2–16 years of age, around30–85% 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. Exactquantities depend on age and sex [10].DRAFT <strong>Australian</strong> <strong>Dietary</strong> <strong>Guidelines</strong>- December 2011 58

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