Australian dietary guidelines

Who developed the Australian dietary guidelines

National Health and medical research council

What was the aim

to combat rising diet-related diseases by promoting healthier food choices

Guideline 1

To achieve and maintain a healthy weight, be physically active and choose amounts of nutrious food and drinks to meet your energy needs

Guideline 2

Enjoy a wide variety of nutrious foods from the following five groups every day and drink plenty of waterv

Guideline 3

Limit the intake of foods containing saturated fat, added salt, added sugars and alcohol

Guideline 4

Encourage, support, and promote breastfeeding

Guideline 5

care for your food; prepare and store it safely

Strengths

• avaliable for free download from the eat well website, cost does act as a barrier to accessing this resource

• provides advice for individuals with different needs (I.e diff life span stages or cultural backgrounds) so mor people can benefit

• avalible in website format increasing accessability

Limitations

• May be hard for people with low literacy levels to understand and follow b/c it is written

• Guidelines are only available in English, hard for non-english speakers to understand

• guidelines based on the requirements of the average person therefore serving sizes aren’t accurate for everyone