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CHAPTER 6

IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHY EATING

  • Associated with lower rates of disease and increased health status

  • prevalence of conditions is high

    • predicted to increase if behaviours do not change

AUSTRALIAN DIETARY GUIDELINES

  • Inform health professionals, educators, industry bodies and other parties to promote healthy eating

  • provide general advice on:

    • types of foods

    • amounts of foods

    • food groups

    • dietary patterns

  • change depending on different ages and genders

GUIDELINE 1

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

  • Energy in = energy out

  • maintain healthy weight

GUIDELINE 2

Enjoy a wide variety of nutritious foods from 5 food groups every day

  • foods you should eat

GUIDELINE 3

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

  • foods to limit

GUIDELINE 4

Encourage, support and promote breastfeeding

GUIDELINE 5

Care for your food; prepare and store it safely

AUSTRALIAN GUIDE TO HEALTHY EATING

  • Reflects guidelines 2 and 3

  • shows proportions of 5 food groups that should be eaten

  • visual guide

NUTRITION AUSTRALIA

  • take the guidelines to inform the general public

  • non-government organisation

  • objectives:

    • acts a source of scientific information on key nutrition issues

    • acts as a consultant to the government and food industry

  • visual tool: healthy eating pyramid

WAYS IT PROMOTES HEALTHY EATING

  • The Healthy Eating pyramid

  • The Healthy Eating Advisory service

    • doctors

    • educators

  • National nutrition week

    • try for 5: eating 5 serves a day

    • attract parents and kids to eat healthy foods

  • webinars for health professionals

    • educate on healthy eating

  • recipes

    • give people nutritious recipes

    • teach people to cook healthy meals