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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

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.

The nation’s dietary guidelines should be focused on promoting public health, preventing chronic diseases and ensuring that all Australian have access to accurate and reliable information about ...

Dietitians have welcomed the plan to include climate change impacts into the country’s official dietary recommendations but said it might not come at the expense of red meat, as has been feared ...