MEDI110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Healthy Diet, Dietary Reference Intake, Nutrient Density
6 Aug 2018
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Assessing our diets: national dietary surveys, food balance sheets (national food supply data, who regional diets, abs household economic survey. Average energy and nutrient intakes: male 9655kj; female 7042kj, carbohydrate: 45-65% energy, fat: 20-35% energy, protein: 15-25% energy. Improving our diets: focus on problem areas and nutrients: Increase: fruit and vegetable intake/fibre, adequate fluids, decrease, energy intake, sodium, alcohol, fat (unsaturated) Implement appropriate policies: australian guide to healthy eating, commonsense approach e. g. use supplements wisely. Tools used to assess diets in australia: dietary guidelines, australian guide to healthy eating, nut(cid:396)ie(cid:374)t efe(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)e values i(cid:374)(cid:272)ludes di(cid:859)s. Recall the australian dietary guidelines and their application to promote health and prevent chronic disease. Guideline #1: to achieve and maintain a healthy weight, be physically active and choose amounts of nutritious foods to meet your energy needs, children/adolescents should eat sufficient nutritious foods to grow and develop normally.
