Typical food portion sizes consumed by Australian adults: results from the 2011–12 Australian National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey Zheng, Miaobing, Wu, Jason H. Y., Louie, Jimmy Chun Yu, Flood, Victoria M., Gill, Tim, Thomas, Beth, Cleanthous, Xenia, Neal, Bruce and Rangan, Anna 2016, Typical food portion sizes consumed by Australian adults: results from the 2011–12 Australian National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey, Scientific reports, vol. 6, pp. 1-9, doi: 10.1038/srep19596. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads zheng-typicalfood-2016.pdf Published version application/pdf 414.52KB 14 Title Typical food portion sizes consumed by Australian adults: results from the 2011–12 Australian National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey Author(s) Zheng, Miaobing orcid.org/0000-0002-4151-3502 Wu, Jason H. Y. Louie, Jimmy Chun Yu Flood, Victoria M. Gill, Tim Thomas, Beth Cleanthous, Xenia Neal, Bruce Rangan, Anna Journal name Scientific reports Volume number 6 Article ID 19596 Start page 1 End page 9 Total pages 9 Publisher Nature Publishing Group Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2016 ISSN 2045-2322 Summary Considerable evidence has associated increasing portion sizes with elevated obesity prevalence. This study examines typical portion sizes of commonly consumed core and discretionary foods in Australian adults, and compares these data with the Australian Dietary Guidelines standard serves. Typical portion sizes are defined as the median amount of foods consumed per eating occasion. Sex- and age-specific median portion sizes of adults aged 19 years and over (n = 9341) were analysed using one day 24 hour recall data from the 2011–12 National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey. A total of 152 food categories were examined. There were significant sex and age differences in typical portion sizes among a large proportion of food categories studied. Typical portion sizes of breads and cereals, meat and chicken cuts, and starchy vegetables were 30–160% larger than the standard serves, whereas, the portion sizes of dairy products, some fruits, and non-starchy vegetables were 30–90% smaller. Typical portion sizes for discretionary foods such as cakes, ice-cream, sausages, hamburgers, pizza, and alcoholic drinks exceeded the standard serves by 40–400%. The findings of the present study are particularly relevant for establishing Australian-specific reference portions for dietary assessment tools, refinement of nutrition labelling and public health policies. Language eng DOI 10.1038/srep19596 Field of Research 111199 Nutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Grant ID National Heart Foundation FG-100754 Copyright notice ©2016, The Authors Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30092288 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 27 Mar 2017, 10:20:24 EST Mon, 27 Mar 2017, 14:09:06 EST Tue, 28 Mar 2017, 04:00:15 EST Tue, 28 Mar 2017, 07:01:51 EST Sat, 01 Apr 2017, 05:07:14 EST Wed, 12 Jul 2017, 10:00:28 EST Wed, 12 Jul 2017, 10:04:26 EST Wed, 12 Jul 2017, 10:05:20 EST Wed, 12 Jul 2017, 10:26:04 EST Wed, 12 Jul 2017, 10:48:36 EST Thu, 13 Jul 2017, 14:12:14 EST Sat, 25 Nov 2017, 01:40:32 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 6 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 75 Abstract Views, 15 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 27 Mar 2017, 14:09:06 EST

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