The Australian Dietary Guidelines

The Australian Dietary Guidelines

1. Who uses the information?

   • Heath professionals, educators, industry bodies and other interested parties in promoting healthy eating.

2. What do the guidelines do?

   • It visually represents the proportion of the five food groups recommended for consumption each day.

3. Who are the guidelines aimed at?

   • People in the general healthy population (plus overweight people, not serious medical condition - type 2 diabetes)

4. What are the 5 guidelines?

   • Guideline 1: To achieve and maintain a healthy weight, be physically active and choose amounts of nutritious food and drinks to meet your energy needs.
     • Guideline 2: Enjoy a wide variety of nutritious foods from these five groups every day:
       • Guideline 3: Limit 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