Topic Category: Nutrition

Dietary guidelines Webpages Food-based dietary guidelines (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), n.d.). This page provides a link to all countries worldwide that have developed dietary guidelines and adapted it to their nutrition situation, food availability, food cultures and eating habits. Patient resources How to measure portion sizes with your hands (infographic) (European […]

Presented by Dr Flavia Fayet-Moore, BSc(Hons), MNutrDiet, RNutr, APD, PhD, Dr Joanna McMillan, BScNutr &Diet (Hons), PhD, FASLM and Dr Sue Radd-Vagenas, BSc, GDD, PhD, Advanced APD, FASLM Download the slides for these presentations here: Dietary guidelines Nutrition assessment Nutrition prescription Nutrition science vs popular beliefs – Myth-busting Dietary guidelines Dietary assessment Nutrition prescription Nutrition […]

Required reading Dietary guidelines Lifestyle Medicine 3rd Edition Chapter 8 – Nutrition for the nondietitian (McMillan-Price & Egger, 2017) Nutrition assessment no required reading Nutrition prescription Nutrition prescription made simple (Wetherill et al., 2019) Nutrition science vs popular beliefs no required reading Recommended reading Dietary guidelines Australia Australian dietary guidelines (N55) (NHMRC, 2013a) Australian Health Survey: […]

3.2.1 Dietary Guidelines Summarise the dietary guidelines, and describe why they are important Describe nutrition basics – foundation diet, total diet, energy and nutrient requirements, basal metabolic rate and physical activity levels to maintain health Describe the food groups and the key macronutrients and micronutrients obtained from each of the food groups Describe the nutritional […]