Better health and ageing for all Australians

Nutrition and Healthy Eating

Getting it right: How to use the data from the 1995 National Nutrition Survey

This document provides a concise guide to the nature, limitations and appropriate interpretation and application of the dietary data available from the 1995 National Nutrition Survey (1995 NNS).

Prepared by Ingrid HE Rutishauser, Australian Food and Nutrition Monitoring Unit for Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
October 2000
ISBN: 0 642 44721 7


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