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1995 – The Core Food GroupsThe Core Food Groups 1032 was the modelling document that underpinned the development of The Australian Guideto Healthy Eating (see below). The purpose of The Core Food Groups was to discuss the basis for a core foodgroup system that reflected advances in nutrition knowledge and to complement existing nutrition referencesat the time (e.g. Dietary guidelines for Australians, 1992). The need for a core food group system arose becauseexisting food selection guides in Australia at the time differed in the advice offered. The Core Food Groupsdocument was developed to provide an approach that was objective, scientifically rigorous and could be updatedas new evidence on nutrition became available. It provided advice on core food quantities consistent with nationalnutrition recommendations and targets, creating a platform for the interpretation of food and nutrition researchinto recommendations regarding food choices.1998 – The Australian Guide to Healthy EatingThe Australian Guide to Healthy Eating 46 was a food guide for Australia that reflected the multicultural nature of thepopulation. Based on the modelling of The Core Food Groups, it was designed for all sectors of the food systemto use as a nutrition education and information tool.1999 – Dietary Guidelines for Older AustraliansThe Dietary Guidelines for Older Australians 34 were based on the Dietary Guidelines for Australians (1992) 751 andwere designed to take account of the changes in nutritional needs that occur with ageing. The Guidelines wereaimed at healthy, independent Australians aged 65 and over, but additional advice was provided on how theGuidelines applied to older Australians who receive assistance with meals or live in residential aged care facilities.The Guidelines were also useful for health professionals who wished to develop suitable diets for older people ina range of health circumstances.1999 – Australian Food and Nutrient Database (AUSNUT)The first AUSNUT (Australian Food and Nutrient Database) was an electronic file of nutrient data based on thetechnical support file for the 1995 National Nutrition Survey. The AUSNUT series of databases are derived fromthe NUTTAB series for the purpose of coding the food intake data collected in national nutrition surveys. 1036A second edition, used to code the 2007 Australian Children’s Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey, 12 wasreleased in 2008. 1037 The third edition, developed to code the 2011–13 Australian Health Survey data, is plannedfor release in 2013.2000 – Nutrition in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: An informationpaperThis information paper, endorsed by NHMRC, presented information about nutrition and nutrition-related diseasein Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This information was specifically targeted to health professionalsworking to improve the nutritional health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and provided a referencematerial for practice and teaching.2001 – Eat well Australia: An agenda for action in public health nutrition and theNational Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nutrition Strategy andAction PlanEat well Australia: An agenda for action in public health 2 was designed to provide government and other sectors witha strategic framework and an agenda for action on public health nutrition for the first decade of the 21st century.This document provides the detailed Eat well Australia Agenda for Action, as outlined in the summary Eat wellAustralia Strategic Framework document. Eat well Australia is a coherent national approach to the underlying causesof the preventable burden of diet-related disease and early death, providing a set of interlinked initiatives for theprevention and management of these diseases.118EAT FOR HEALTH – australian dietary guidelinesNational Health and Medical Research Council