Guidelines Dietary - Eat For Health

List of tablesTable 1.1: Evidence statements on ‘achieve and maintain a healthy weight’ 18Table 1.2: 2010 Institute of Medicine recommendations for total and rate of weight gainduring pregnancy, by pre-pregnancy BMI 25Table 1.3: Weight gain during pregnancy: recommendations for Asian women, by pre-pregnancy BMI 25Table 1.4: Summary of practical considerations for Guideline 1 29Table 2.1: Evidence statements for consuming ‘a wide variety of nutritious foods’ 33Table 2.2: Evidence statements for consuming ‘plenty of vegetables’ 37Table 2.3: Evidence statements for consuming ‘plenty of legumes/beans’ 38Table 2.4: Evidence statements for consuming ‘fruit’ 39Table 2.5: Minimum recommended number of serves of vegetables, legumes/beans and fruit per day 42Table 2.6: Standard serve size equivalents for vegetables, legumes/beans and fruit 43Table 2.7: Evidence statements for consuming ‘grain (cereal) foods, mostly wholegrain and/orhigh cereal fibre varieties’ 45Table 2.8: Minimum recommended number of serves of grain (cereal) foods per day, mostly wholegrainand/or high cereal fibre varieties 47Table 2.9: Standard serve size equivalents for grain (cereal) mostly wholegrain and/or high cerealfibre varieties 47Table 2.10: Evidence statements for consuming ‘lean meats and poultry, fish, eggs, tofu, nuts andseeds, and legumes/beans’ 49Table 2.11: Minimum recommended number of serves of lean meats, poultry, fish, eggs, tofu, nutsand seeds, and legumes/beans per day 53Table 2.12: Standard serve size equivalents for lean meats, poultry, fish, eggs, tofu, nuts and seeds,and legumes/beans 53Table 2.13: Evidence statements for consuming ‘milk, yoghurt, cheese and/or alternatives, mostlyreduced fat’ 56Table 2.14: Minimum recommended number of serves of milk, yoghurt, cheese and/or alternativesper day, mostly reduced fat 59Table 2.15: Standard serve size equivalents for milk, yoghurt, cheese and/or alternatives, mostlyreduced fat 59Table 2.16: Evidence statements for ‘drink plenty of water’ 61Table 2.17: Considerations in advising people from specific groups to consume a wide variety of foods 64Table 3.1: Evidence statements for ‘limit intake of foods high in saturated fat’ 69Table 3.2: Recommended allowance for number of serves of unsaturated spreads and oils per day 72Table 3.3: Standard serve size equivalents of unsaturated spreads and oils 72Table 3.4: Evidence statements for ‘limit intake of foods and drinks containing added salt’ 74Table 3.5: Evidence statements for ‘limit intake of foods and drinks containing added sugars’ 77Table 3.6: Evidence statements for ‘limit intake of alcohol’ 81Table 3.7: Considerations in advising people from specific groups to limit intake of foods containingsaturated fat, added salt, added sugars and alcohol 85Table 4.1: Evidence statements for ‘encouraging, supporting and promoting breastfeeding’ 89Table 4.2: Factors associated with duration of exclusive breastfeeding 91Table 4.3: Considerations in encouraging, supporting and promoting breastfeeding 96Table 5.1: Considerations in providing advice on food safety to people from specific groups 100Table A1: Mean daily intakes (g/day) of various food groups, people aged 19 years and over,by SEIFA quintile 103ContentsNational Health and Medical Research Councilxi