Guidelines Dietary - Eat For Health

The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nutrition Strategy and Action Plan (NATSINSAP) 1038 set out aframework for action to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nutritional health under seven priority areas:• food supply in rural and remote communities• food security and socioeconomic status• family-focused nutrition promotion• nutrition issues in urban areas• the environment and household infrastructure• the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nutrition workforce• national food and nutrition information systems.An evaluation of the NATSINSAP was completed in 2010, and is expected to contribute to informing futurenational policy development aimed at improving nutrition in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.2003 – Dietary Guidelines for Adults Dietary Guidelines for Children and AdolescentsThe Dietary Guidelines for Australian Adults 36 and Dietary Guidelines for Children and Adolescents in Australia 35(incorporating the Infant Feeding Guidelines for Health Workers), were based on the best available scientificevidence and provided information for health professionals and the general population about healthy foodchoices. The use of the guidelines was intended to encourage healthy eating and lifestyle to minimise the riskof developing diet-related diseases in the Australian population.The guidelines highlighted the groups of foods and lifestyle patterns that promote good nutrition and health.As with all previous dietary guidelines, recommendations were presented as an integral whole and no specificguideline was considered more important than any another.2006 – Nutrient Reference Values for Australia and New Zealand includingRecommended Dietary Intakes (NRV Document)In 2002, the NHMRC was commissioned by DoHA in collaboration with the New Zealand Ministry of Health tomanage the revision process for the Recommended dietary intakes document. This resulted in the publicationof the NRV Document, 8 which identified a number of reference values that address nutrient needs and excessintake for various age/sex groups.2006 – NUTTAB OnlineThe first online release of nutrient data, with the 6 th edition of NUTTAB released by FSANZ. The 7 th edition ofNUTTAB was released in 2011. 1039 Most of the NUTTAB data is now Australian analytical data and covers morethan 2,500 foods available in Australia and up to 45 nutrients per food.2011 – A review of the evidence to address targeted questions to inform the revisionof the Australian Dietary Guidelines (Evidence Report)The primary aim of the Evidence Report 33 was to undertake a series of targeted systematic reviews of theliterature published since 2002 on the interrelationship between food, diet, health and disease for differentpopulation subgroups. New and emerging evidence was prioritised in this review.2011 – A modelling system to inform the revision of the Australian Guide to HealthyEating (Food Modelling System)In 2009 and 2010, the nutrient recommendations from the 2006 Nutrient Reference Values document weretranslated (informed by A review of the evidence to address targeted questions to inform the revision of theAustralian Dietary Guidelines) into recommended amounts and types of foods that constitute healthy dietarypatterns that prevent nutrient deficiency, reduce risk of chronic disease, and are culturally acceptable, sociallyequitable and environmentally sustainable. This document updates The Core Food Groups (1995).The Food Modelling System 9 also informed the development of these Guidelines, which is an update of thepreviously separate reports: the Dietary Guidelines for Adults (2003), Dietary Guidelines for Older Australians(1999) and Dietary Guidelines for Children and Adolescents (2003).AppendicesNational Health and Medical Research Council119