Nutrition and Healthy Eating
Australian Guide to Healthy Eating, Consumer Booklet
This booklet has been developed to assist consumers to choose a healthy diet using a variety of foods. The booklet provides practical information for food selection and preparation to help people choose a balanced and healthy diet containing all necessary nutrients.
To order this publication, send an email to the Department's mailing house (NMM).
Additional information on ordering and accessing this publication
PDF printable version of the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating, consumer's booklet (PDF 2067 KB)
The same publication in smaller sections:
- Front Cover (PDF 104 KB)
- Poster (PDF 526 KB)
- Contents (PDF 45 KB)
- Introduction (PDF 54 KB)
- The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating (PDF 67 KB)
- Enjoy a variety of foods everyday (PDF 146 KB)
- Bread, cereals, rice, pasta, noodles (PDF 228 KB)
- Vegetables, legumes (PDF 281 KB)
- Fruit (PDF 158 KB)
- Milk, yoghurt, cheese (PDF 172 KB)
- Meat, fish, poultry, eggs, nuts, legumes (PDF 156 KB)
- Extra foods (PDF 278 KB)
- Water (PDF 79 KB)
- Putting it all together - Shopping, cooking and eating meals, snacks and drinks (PDF 494 KB)
- Putting it all together - Your healthy diet (PDF 79 KB)
- For more information (PDF 50 KB)
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