4338.0 - Profiles of Health, Australia, 2011-13
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A balanced diet, including eating sufficient fruit and vegetables, reduces a person's risk of developing long-term health conditions including cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
In 2011-12, 48.5% of Australians aged 18 years and over reported that they usually ate two or more serves of fruit per day (meeting the guidelines), while 8.2% usually ate 5 or more serves of vegetables per day (meeting the guidelines). Source(s): Australian Health Survey: Updated Results, 2011-12 Source(s): Australian Health Survey: Updated Results, 2011-12 Taking both guidelines into account, only 5.5% of Australian adults had an adequate usual daily intake of fruit and vegetables. Women were more likely to meet both guidelines than men (6.5% and 4.5% respectively). In general, older Australians were more likely to meet the guidelines than younger adults, with 8.8% of persons aged 85 years and over consuming the recommended intake of fruit and vegetables, compared with 3.4% of persons aged 25-34 years. Footnote(s): (a) According to the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australian Dietary Guidelines. Source(s): Australian Health Survey: Updated Results, 2011-12
Previous results for daily intake of fruit and vegetables National Health Survey 2007–08, 2004–05, 2001, 1995 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey, 2004-05 Other articles on daily intake of fruit and vegetables Year Book Australia, 2012: Fruit and vegetable consumption in Australia The Health and Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, 2008: Poor Nutrition Australian Social Trends, 1998: Food and energy intake National Nutrition Survey: Selected Highlights, Australia, 1995 Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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