Unit 3 Aos 2 Flashcards
ADG Guideline 1
To achieve and maintain a healthy weight, be physically active and choose amounts of nutritious food and drinks to meet your energy needs.
ADG Guideline 2
Enjoy a wide variety of nutritious foods from these five groups every day.
ADG Guideline 3
Limit intake of foods containing saturated fat, added salt, added sugars and alcohol.
ADG Guideline 3a
Limit intake of foods high in saturated fat such as many biscuits, cakes, pastries, pies, processed meats, commercial burgers, pizza, fried food
ADG Guideline 3b
Limit intake of foods and drinks containing added salt.
ADG Guideline 3c
Limit intake of foods and drinks containing added sugars such as confectionary, sugar-sweetened soft drinks and cordials, fruit drinks, vitamin waters, energy and sports drinks.
ADG Guideline 3d
If you choose to drink alcohol, limit intake. For women who are pregnant, planning a pregnancy or breastfeeding, not drinking alcohol is the safest option.
ADG Guideline 4
Encourage, support, and promote breastfeeding
ADG Guideline 5
Care for your food; prepare and store it safely.
Strengths of the Australian Dietary Guidelines (ADG)
Provides evidence-based advice on healthy eating habits to promote the potential benefits of healthy eating to reduce the risk of diet-related diseases
Educates individuals about the types and amounts of foods required to satisfy nutritional requirements.
List two limitations of the Australian Dietary Guidelines (ADG)
Assume a certain level of nutritional knowledge of certain terms (i.e., wide variety, low fat, eat plenty);
Recommendations are for generally healthy people in the population therefore may be some people (i.e., the frail elderly, preterm infants, those with specific medical conditions. And increased nutritional needs) for whom these recommendations are unsuitable.
Nutrition Australia
A non-government, non-profit, community-based organisation that is Australia’s primary community nutrition education body, providing scientifically based nutrition information to encourage all Australians to achieve optimal health and wellbeing through food variety and physical activity.
non-government organisations
Have specialised knowledge of the specific issues or population groups they represent. They act as policy advocates, lobbying the government on behalf of the community.
National nutrition week
- An annual week that runs each year in the week of World Food Day
- Encourage Australians to increase vegetable consumption, a number of activities are hosted in early childhood services, schools and workplaces in relation to increasing vegetable intake.
Fruit and Vegetable Consortium (FVC)
Key organizations coordinated by Nutrition Australia that works towards improving the supply and consumption of fruit and vegetables. It does this by curating a resource hub that includes guidelines, evidence and resources
Workshops and programs
Various services offered by Nutrition Australia in workplace to promote health and wellbeing in relation to food and nutrition.
Healthy lunchbox week
A national initiative that aims to promote healthy eating among children, through aiming to inspire parents to create healthy lunchboxes that their children will enjoy. The initiative provides online nutritious recipes that are quick and easily made at home, fact sheets and videos to increase knowledge on contents to include in lunchboxes.
Healthy eating pyramid
Sets out the types of food that should be eaten everyday as well as the proportions of our intake if we want to ensure good health for Australian’s aged between 19 and 50 years specifically. It categorises the different types of foods people should eat, and the proportion that these foods should take up in the daily diet for good health.
List the factors that contribute to challenges in bringing about change in dietary intake
Personal factors, sociocultural, biological, and environmental influences.
List sociocultural influences
Income, culture, family and peers, attitudes and beliefs, education (knowledge and skills), and media.
List personal factors
Personal taste preferences, meal patterns.
List biological influences
Age, sex, and stress levels.
List environmental influences
Food availability and security, weather and climate, availability of food, and cooking facilities.
The ‘tailored approach instead of a one-size-fits all’ approach in the way of addressing challenges in bringing about dietary change
A ‘one-size-fits all’ approach as it cannot successfully be applied to the wider population and address so many different influences. a tailored approach is required for successful change. a comprehensive, long-term approach is required that encompasses a range of strategies, including education, provision of information, legislative changes, and restrictive measures.
Involvement of all stakeholders as a challenge involved in addressing influences to bring about dietary change
Bringing about dietary change in a population requires a strategic plan that involves all sectors of society. However, some of the key stakeholders cannot see the benefits of changing dietary intake, especially as it may result in negative outcomes for them (e.g., a loss of profit for a food manufacturer).
Availability of interventions as a challenge involved in addressing influences to bring about dietary change
Another challenge in creating dietary change for both health professionals and the public is creating campaigns that incorporate practical solutions in a way that is affordable for all stakeholders.
Ottawa Charter
Outlines guidelines to help organisations and key stakeholders incorporate healthy promotion ideas into strategies, policies, and campaigns. It is a method adopted by Australia as a means or promoting health.
Building healthy public policy (B-Bad)
Relates directly to decisions made by governments and organisations about laws and policies that directly affect health (e.g., health sector, workplace and school policies). Examples of these policies include healthier environments (i.e., banning smoking), influencing behaviour (e.g., compulsory wearing of seat belts), and removing the GST (i.e., tax) on unprocessed foods.
Strengthen community actions (S-Smell)
The community working together to achieve a common goal. The more people working together towards a common goal, the greater the chance of success. Communities work together to identify and set health priorities, and plan and implement strategies to achieve better health. For example, the government immunisations scheme, results in higher immunisation rates.
Create supportive environments (C-Cats)
A supportive environment is one that promotes health and assists people in making healthy lifestyle choices. It aims to provide a healthy physical environment through providing shaded areas in schools and investing in sustainable energy production. It aims to provide a healthy social environment through supporting smokers to quit and aiding in a fulfilling social life.
Develop personal skills (D-Dead)
Education is a key aspect of this priority area. People gain knowledge and skills necessary to make decisions that will affect their health. People who have knowledge and life skills have greater control over their lives and choices to enhance health. For example, talking to people to resolve conflict rather than using violence.
Reorient health services (R-Rats)
Movement away from the biomedical model to one that promotes health and prevents ill health. A health system that reflects the Social Model of Health must therefore address all the determinants of health, not just disease. This requires a shift towards health promotion. Doctors take on a role of educator or provide preventative health care messages not just curative care.
List the factors that can promote road safety
Safer roads, safer drivers, safer vehicles, and safer road laws
Road users
Can include pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, motor vehicle passengers, motor vehicle drivers and users of on-road public transport such as buses or trams.
Road safety
Refers to any action taken, or modification made to prevent road users from being injured or losing their lives.
Using three examples, explain why road safety is targeted
Some population groups such as younger drivers, males and those in rural areas are more likely to be affected by road accidents;
Deaths from transport accidents are preventable;
Road crashes have a significant economic impact on the Australian Government and those who are injured due to the cost of treatment, rehabilitation, social security payments, lost productivity, cost of care and lost income
List two health promotions to address road safety
Towards Zero, and Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP)
Towards Zero
A road safety health promotion that attempts to save as many lives as possible through reducing serious road injuries, community approach, everyone must take responsibility. A system of absorbing drivers mistakes.
Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP)
Provides information on protection level of each vehicle model, through crash testing. Then awarded a safety rate between 1-5 in regard to a crash. Aims to improve purchasing decisions, and for manufacturers to make safer cars.
List the strategies for health promotion outlined by the Ottawa Charter
Enable, mediate, and advocate
Enable
Ensuring equal resources (i.e., education, and employment) and opportunities are available to all people to allow them to achieve equal and fullest health potential.
Mediate
Resolve conflict to produce outcomes that promote health. Additionally it refers to professional and social groups and health personnel have a major responsibility to mediate between differing interests in society for the pursuit of health.