Draft Australian Dietary Guidelines incorporating The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating for public consultation

Never in our nation’s history have Australians had such a wide variety of dietary options. Yet the rising incidence of obesity and diabetes in our population is evidence of the need for Australians to improve their health by making better dietary decisions.

These Guidelines are an evolution of the 2003 Dietary Guidelines, integrating updates of the Dietary Guidelines for Older Australians (1999), the Dietary Guidelines for Adults (2003) and the Dietary Guidelines for Children and Adolescents in Australia (2003). They also include an update of the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating (1998).

Draft Australian Dietary Guidelines