Fewer than 7% of Australians eat sufficient vegetables, in line with the Australian Dietary Guidelines. In fact, Australians have an average healthy diet score of 55 out of 100—barely passing.

Australian women who eat mainly in line with Australian Dietary Guidelines or a Mediterranean-style diet are 40% more likely to live until their mid-to-late 70s than those with poorer diets ...

Research from 2003 found that only a third of middle-aged Australian women met at least half of the dietary guidelines, and from a total of 10,561 women surveyed, just two (yes, two) met all 13 ...

A decade-long analysis of packaged foods for Australian children reveals that most new products are both ultra-processed and ...

The average Australian adult derives a whopping 35 per cent of their daily energy intake from junk food. It is poor dietary habits like this that the National Health and Medical Research Council ...

While the emphasis on physical activity included in the recently published Australian Dietary Guidelines has been welcomed by food industry advocates, the inclusion of a recommendation to limit ...

The American Dietary Guidelines have also endorsed this diet. Therefore, long-term adherence to the Mediterranean diet could be highly beneficial to an individual's health.

Australian women who eat mainly in line with Australian Dietary Guidelines or a Mediterranean-style diet are 40% more likely to live until their mid-to-late 70s than those with poorer diets ...

They then estimated compliance with the Australian dietary guidelines to generate a score out of 100. While the overall average rating among Australians was 55, retirees had a mean diet score of 59.2.