Diet & Exercise Advice

Question 1

What dietary factors affect diabetes risk?

Answer 1

Saturated fats

low fibre

Question 2

Government Dietary recommendations on fat?

Answer 2

Total fat reduce to 35% of food energy

Sat Fat reduce to 11% of food energy

Question 3

Government Dietary recommendations on carbohydrate?

Answer 3

Carbs should increase to >50% of food energy

Question 4

Government Dietary recommendations on free (added) sugars?

Answer 4

Reduce to <5% of total food energy (current target is 11%)

Question 5

Government Dietary recommendations on dietary fibre?

Answer 5

Increase to 30g per day

Question 6

Delete

Answer 6

Delete

Question 7

Government Dietary recommendations on alcohol?

Answer 7

<5% of energy intake

Question 8

Government Dietary recommendations on salt?

Answer 8

Adults no more than 6g per day (2.4g of sodium).

Lower values for children of different ages