Nutrition Australia Flashcards
what is nutrition Australia?
Nutrition Australia is Australia’s major community education body for nutrition.
The objectives of nutrition Australia are to 1:
Act as a source of scientific information on key nutrition issues
The objectives of nutrition Australia are to 2:
Produce and disseminate material on nutrition to policy makers, the media, educators, the food industry and consumers.
The objectives of nutrition Australia are to 3:
Act as consultants to government departments, the food industry and consumer groups as required on issues related to food and nutrition.
The objectives of nutrition Australia are to 4:
Encourage innovation in the dissemination of nutritional knowledge.
Nutrition Australia acts to promote healthy eating by
providing the latest information on nutrition research, and current food and health and wellbeing trends.
Nutrition Australia also provides a range of resources and services:
Healthy eating advisory service
National nutrition week
Healthy eating pyramid