LibGuides: Nutrition & Dietetics: Reports, Statistics, Standards &amp; Websites

Australian Websites

Nutrition and Healthy Eating (produced by the Nutrition and Physical Activity Section, Australian Dept of Health and Ageing)

Nutrition Australia (Australian Nutrition Foundation)

ABS statistics by category
The ABS collects data on topics like health, nutrition and food intake, and physical activity. Start here to locate information of interest.
Australian Bureau of Statistics: National health survey
Data from the latest release of the ABS survey on health.
Dietary behaviour 2020-2021
Key statistics and data about child and adult consumption of fruit, vegetables, sugar sweetened, and diet drinks. Please note that this data was collected during the pandemic and is NOT intended to be compared to data from previous years.

ABS Community Profiles
Community Profiles are excellent tools for researching, planning and analysing geographic areas for a number of social, economic and demographic characteristics.
A Community Profile provides a comprehensive statistical picture of an area in Excel format, providing data relating to people, families and dwellings. They cover most topics on the Census form.

Contents include:

You can choose publications from authoritative websites of government and professional organisations, for example:

Australian Bureau of Statistics

The Advocacy Toolkit: A toolkit for public health professionals.
Public Health Advocacy Institute. 4th ed. 2019.
Australian dietary guidelines
National Health and Medical Research Council, 2013.
Australian Health Survey: Nutrition First Results - Foods and Nutrients
Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2014.
Cat. No. 4364.0.55.007
Australia's children
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2019

Australia's health by Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Biennial report on the health of Australians. Current version: 2022.

Food Access and Cost Survey (FACS)
W.A. Department of Health, 2013.
National Health Survey: First Results, 2017-18
Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2018.
Nutrition across the life stages
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2018.
Poor diet
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2019.
WA Food Relief Framework Report 2019
WA Council of Social Service, 2019
Western Australia's children and their health
Western Australia. Department of Health. Reports and publications on Western Australia's children and their health.
The Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has collaborated with the Epidemiology Branch and Women's and Children's Health to produce a series of child health reports. These reports examine different aspects of a child's environment and have been produced for each of the health regions.