Guide to Healthy Eating
Just follow these tips to a healthy life:
- Eat a variety of nutritious foods from the five major food groups
- Limit saturated fat and moderate your total fat intake
- Choose foods low in salt
- Limit your alcohol intake if you choose to drink
- Consume only moderate amounts of sugars and foods containing added sugars
- Care for your food: prepare and store it carefully
Check out the chart below for the recommended number of serves per day from each of the major food groups.
Serves Per Day
|
|
Cereals
(inc bread, rice, pasta, noodles) |
Vegetables, legumes |
Fruits |
Milk, yoghurt, cheese |
Lean meat, fish, poultry |
Extra food
(Eg cakes, pies, lollies, soft drinks) |
| Men |
6 - 12 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 – 3 |
| Women |
4 – 9 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 – 2.5 |
| Children 4 – 7 |
5 – 7 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0.5 |
1 - 2 |
| Children 8 - 11 |
6 – 9 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 - 2 |
| Youth 12 - 18 |
5 - 11 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 - 3 |
For information on what constitutes a serve, and to find out more about eating healthy, check out this booklet: Food for Health – A Guide to Healthy Eating prepared by the Dept of Health and Ageing.
