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Title Dietary guidelines for older Australians / edited for NHMRC by Professor Colin Binns
Published Canberra, A.C.T. : National Health and Medical Research Council, [1999]
©1999

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 W'PONDS  613.20994 Nhm/Dgf  AVAILABLE
Description xxiv, 199 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Summary The National Health and Medical Research Council has had a long involvement in developing public health guidelines providing dietary advice for Australians. It seeks to promote the potential benefits of healthy eating, not only to reduce the risk of development of diet-related diseases but also to improve the community's health and wellbeing. Based on the Dietary Guidelines for Australians, the Dietary Guidelines for Older Australians are designed to take account of the changes in nutritional needs that occur with ageing. The guidelines are aimed at healthy, independent Australians aged 65 and over. They may also be useful for health professionals who wish to develop suitable diets for older people in a range of health circumstances. The information presented focuses predominantly on healthy, independent older Australians, but additional advice is provided on how the guidelines apply to older Australians who receive assistance with meals or live in aged care accommodation. The guidelines apply to the total diet: they should not be used to assess the 'healthiness' of individual food items, nor should individual guidelines be considered in isolation. The first four guidelines are 'umbrella' guidelines, dealing with general aspects of nutrition and lifestyle; the remainder deal with specific foods and nutrients and are ranked in approximate order of importance. The NHMRC's Dietary Guidelines for Australians and Dietary Guidelines for Children and Adolescents contain two additional guidelines on specific nutrients. The Dietary Guidelines for Older Australians retain the calcium guideline but not the iron guideline since iron deficiency is not considered a significant nutritional concern for the majority of healthy, independent older Australians. Detailed information about requirements for specific nutrients in the Australian diet is contained in the NHMRC publication entitled Recommended Dietary Intakes for Use in Australia. The recommended dietary intakes and the dietary guidelines complement each other in providing comprehensive nutrition advice for the Australian community. Development of these Dietary Guidelines for Older Australians involved extensive consultation with the Australian community and with experts working in the fields of nutrition and gerontology. Based on consensus, the guidelines are a distillation of current knowledge about the relationship between diet and disease, the nutrients available in the Australian food supply, and the pattern of morbidity and mortality among older Australians. Each guideline is supported by background information prepared by members of the Working Party established to develop the guidelines. relationsh
Notes "Endorsed November 1999"
"Cat. no. 9927935"
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Commonwealth of Australia 1999
Subject Older people -- Nutrition -- Australia.
Diet -- Health aspects -- Australia.
Nutrition policy -- Australia.
Author Binns, C. (Colin)
National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia)
ISBN 1864960671
1864960671