Survey — NHMRC nutrition publications

1. How often, and why, do you use these publications?

1a. Dietary Guidelines for Australian Adults

How often do you use this publication?
Book	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
Pamphlet	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never

For what purpose do you use this publication? Select all that apply. If N/A, leave blank.
Advising clients	Planning menus	Reference/ teaching	Health promotion	Personal use	Other

1b. Dietary Guidelines for Children and Adolescents incorporating the Infant Feeding Guidelines for Health Workers

» view publications Book

How often do you use this publication?
Book	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
Pamphlet	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never

For what purpose do you use this publication? Select all that apply. If N/A, leave blank.
Advising clients	Planning menus	Reference/ teaching	Health promotion	Personal use	Other

1c. Food for Health - Dietary Guidelines for all Australians - A Guide to Healthy Eating

» view publications Poster A4 information book

How often do you use this publication?
A4 info booklet	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
Poster	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never

For what purpose do you use this publication? Select all that apply. If N/A, leave blank.
Advising clients	Planning menus	Reference/ teaching	Health promotion	Personal use	Other

1d. The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating

» view publications Nutrition Educator's Material Consumer Booklet Poster Pamphlet

How often do you use this publication?
Pamphlet	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
Poster	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
Consumer Booklet	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
Nutrition Educator's Material	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never

For what purpose do you use this publication? Select all that apply. If N/A, leave blank.
Advising clients	Planning menus	Reference/ teaching	Health promotion	Personal use	Other

1e. Dietary Guidelines for Older Australians

» view publications Book

How often do you use this publication?
Book	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
Brochure	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
Pamphlet	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
Poster	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never

For what purpose do you use this publication? Select all that apply. If N/A, leave blank.
Advising clients	Planning menus	Reference/ teaching	Health promotion	Personal use	Other

1f. Core food groups: The scientific basis for developing nutrition education tools

» view publications Book

How often do you use this publication?
Book	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never

For what purpose do you use this publication? Select all that apply. If N/A, leave blank.
Advising clients	Planning menus	Reference/ teaching	Health promotion	Personal use	Other

1g. Nutrient Reference Values for Australia and New Zealand Including Recommended Dietary Intakes

» view publications Book

How often do you use this publication?
Book	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
Executive Summary	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
Evidence Appendix	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
Website - www.nrv.gov.au	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never

For what purpose do you use this publication? Select all that apply. If N/A, leave blank.
Advising clients	Planning menus	Reference/ teaching	Health promotion	Personal use	Other

If you use any of these publications only rarely or never, please tell us why:

If you selected 'other' for any of the publications above, please describe how you use them:

2. What do you consider to be the strengths of these publications?

(Select all that apply. If N/A, leave blank)

Publication	Comprehensive	Authoritative	Relevant	Easy to use	Other
» Dietary Guidelines for Australian Adults
» Dietary Guidelines for Children and Adolescents incorporating the Infant Feeding Guidelines for Health Workers
» Dietary Guidelines for Older Australians
» The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating
» Core food groups: The scientific basis for developing nutrition education tools
» Nutrient Reference Values for Australia and New Zealand Including Recommended Dietary Intakes

If you checked 'other' for any of these publications, please tell us more:

3. Do you have any suggestions to improve these publications?

For example, would you like to see anything changed or omitted, or do you consider that there are gaps or emerging issues that should be addressed?

4. Do you have any suggestions for the planned Dietary Guidelines for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women?

5. How would you prefer the Infant Feeding Guidelines to be presented?

Combined with the Dietary Guidelines for Children and Adolescents

Combined with the planned Dietary Guidelines for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women

As a stand-alone document

6. How would you prefer to see the revised Dietary Guidelines series presented?

(Select all that apply)

Similar to the current format, i.e. separate books and brochures for each publication

One main document that outlines the evidence, accompanied by booklets and brochures targeted to the specific population groups

Electronic, interactive computer based format (Note: different formats are used internationally. For ideas please see the US Department of Agriculture's My Pyramid site)

Other:

7. How would you prefer to see The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating presented?

(Select all that apply)

In the current format — booklets, brochures and posters

One main document that outlines the evidence, accompanied by booklets and brochures targeted to the specific population groups

Electronic, interactive computer based format

As part of the Dietary Guidelines series only, not published separately

Other:

8. How important do you think it is for The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating to include:

	5 Very Important	4	3	2	1 Not important
Representation of extra foods additional to the 'food plate' (i.e. current format)
Representation of extra foods within the ‘food plate’
Representation of water additional to the ‘food plate’ (i.e. current format)
Representation of water within the ‘food plate’
Presentation of more than one eating pattern to allow for preferences and different cuisines
Presentation of an adaptable ‘food plate’ for use in educational/counselling settings (see page 8 The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating: Background information for nutrition educators )

Please add any additional comments you have regarding style, graphics, format and specific alterations to the ‘food plate’ or suggestions about other food guides that you prefer:

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Survey — NHMRC nutrition publications

1. How often, and why, do you use these publications?

1a. Dietary Guidelines for Australian Adults

1b. Dietary Guidelines for Children and Adolescents incorporating the Infant Feeding Guidelines for Health Workers

1c. Food for Health - Dietary Guidelines for all Australians - A Guide to Healthy Eating

1d. The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating

1e. Dietary Guidelines for Older Australians

1f. Core food groups: The scientific basis for developing nutrition education tools

1g. Nutrient Reference Values for Australia and New Zealand Including Recommended Dietary Intakes

2. What do you consider to be the strengths of these publications?

(Select all that apply. If N/A, leave blank)

3. Do you have any suggestions to improve these publications?

4. Do you have any suggestions for the planned Dietary Guidelines for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women?

5. How would you prefer the Infant Feeding Guidelines to be presented?

6. How would you prefer to see the revised Dietary Guidelines series presented?

(Select all that apply)

7. How would you prefer to see The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating presented?

(Select all that apply)

8. How important do you think it is for The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating to include:

9. What category best describes you?

10. Do you have any other comments?

Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey.

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