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Food and Nutrition
Healthy eating is a vital part of good health. The Food and Nutrition topic covers a range of subjects from the nutritional benefits of particular foods to food safety and medical conditions affected by diet, such as diabetes and heart disease.
For specific information on these topics follow the links below.
More information can also be found on the Nutrition Australia [Nutrition Australia] website.
Updated November 2011
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Links to information on the health effects of various beverages.
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Links to information about diseases caused by dietary deficiencies, including vitamin and mineral deficiencies.
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Links to information on health conditions that can be affected by diet.
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Links to guidelines on diet, food and nutrition.
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Links to information on the nutritional needs of families.
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Links to information on how to reduce the risks of foodborne illnesses (or food poisoning) through the correct preparation, storage and cooking of food.
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Links to resources on food groups and their roles in a healthy diet.
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Links to quizzes about body weight, food and exercise habits.
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Links to information on how various nutrients can support a healthy lifestyle.
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Links to information about metabolic diseases which are not diabetes mellitus, gout, haemochromatosis, high trigylceride and cholesterol levels, hypoglycaemia, malabsortpion syndromes, phenyketonuria (PKD) and water electrolyte balance.
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Links to information on diet, food and nutrition services.
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Links to information about nutritional disorders.
