The most recent
Australian dietary survey found that between 44 and 94 % of adults consume inadequate levels of Ca (14) and the majority of Ca in the Australian diet comes from dairy (15).
Not exact matches
Putting the ANZOS research findings into context, the same
dietary survey used for the study (2007 Kids Eat, Kids Play) found that beverages including sugar - sweetened soft drinks and fruit drinks contributed a relatively small and declining proportion of total energy intake amongst
Australian children:
The country's diet quality was given a rating of 61 on a 100 - point scale when assessed using the CSIRO Healthy Diet Score — a scientifically validated
survey which assesses people's diet quality against the
Australian Dietary Guidelines.
The Healthy Diet Score is a short food
survey designed to assess compliance with the 2013
Australian Dietary Guidelines (ADGs) and
Australian Guide to Healthy Eating (AGTHE).
The 2011 - 12
Australian Health
Survey, conducted by the ABS, revealed that in Australia, discretionary food choices contribute the most to
dietary energy.
«A very high percentage of
Australians didn't meet their
dietary fruit intake recommendation by eating fruit alone *,» said Malcolm Riley, Research Scientist at CSIRO Food and Nutrition who led the analysis of the
Australian Health
Survey 2011 - 2012 data.
With the use of both the 1995 and 2011 — 2012 national
dietary survey data sets, Ridoutt et al. (25) calculated that
Australians were eating more whole fruit and more wholegrain cereals but consumed less refined sugars and less 100 % fruit juice in 2011 — 2012.
A second source of national - level data on intake of SSBs in children was an analysis of the 2007
Australian Children's Nutrition and Physical Activity
Survey (33), which was a computer - assisted 24 - h dietary recall survey of 4400 nationally representative children aged 2 — 16 y. On the day of the survey, 47 % of children reported having consumed SSBs, which was similar to the percentage that was reported in the 2011 — 2012 s
Survey (33), which was a computer - assisted 24 - h
dietary recall
survey of 4400 nationally representative children aged 2 — 16 y. On the day of the survey, 47 % of children reported having consumed SSBs, which was similar to the percentage that was reported in the 2011 — 2012 s
survey of 4400 nationally representative children aged 2 — 16 y. On the day of the
survey, 47 % of children reported having consumed SSBs, which was similar to the percentage that was reported in the 2011 — 2012 s
survey, 47 % of children reported having consumed SSBs, which was similar to the percentage that was reported in the 2011 — 2012
surveysurvey.
Changes in intake of total and added sugars, SSBs, sugary products, confectionery, and alcoholic beverages in
Australian adults and children according to national
dietary surveys in 1995 and 2011 — 20121
Compared with our 2011 article (15), the current analysis provides novel data on changes in recorded intakes of total sugars, added sugars, SSB, carbonated soft drinks, juices, confectionery, and alcohol in
Australian adults and children between the 2 most recent national
dietary surveys.
Mean changes in intakes of added sugars from all sources, including discretionary sugars and sugars that were added to processed foods, in
Australian children (aged 2 — 18 y) according to national
dietary surveys in 1995 and 2011 — 2012.
In the current study, we provide novel data on changes in the availability of added and refined sugars and in recorded intakes of total sugars, added sugars, SSB, carbonated soft drinks, juices, confectionery, and alcohol consumption in
Australian adults and children between the 2 most recent national
dietary surveys in 1995 and 2011 — 2012.
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The authors» summary of the available evidence is very specific: «This analysis of apparent consumption, national
dietary surveys and food [beverage] industry data indicates a consistent and substantial decline in total refined or added sugar consumption by
Australians over the past 30 years [1980 to 2010]» (my bolding; p. 499 of PDF).
Dietary glycaemic index and glycaemic load among
Australian adults — results from the 2011 - 2012
Australian Health
Survey.
A similar relationship was noted in the Western
Australian Aboriginal Child Health
Survey where an independent association between the number of
dietary indicators met and a child's odds of experiencing emotional or behavioural problems was demonstrated.5 Other research with
Australian adolescents has also demonstrated an association between
dietary quality and mental health, even after controlling for socioeconomic status and a range of individual and family - level characteristics.41, 42 It appears that a more detailed exploration of the link between diet and mental health among Aboriginal children is warranted.