Guides: Nutrition and Dietetics: Reports/Statistics/Data

Australian data/statistics/reports

Australian Food Composition Database The Australian Food Composition Database (previously called NUTTAB) is a reference database that contains data on the nutrient content of Australian foods. It is referred to as a reference database because it contains mostly analysed data. Only a small proportion of data in the database come from other sources such as recipe calculations, food labels, imputing from similar foods or by borrowing from other countries.
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The Nutrient Reference Values outline the levels of intake of essential nutrients considered to be adequate to meet the known nutritional needs of practically all healthy people for prevention of deficiency states. The document can be used by health professionals to assess the likelihood of inadequate intake in individuals or groups of people.
Dietary Guidelines for all Australians Full set of guidelines available here.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand
Australian Native Flavour Wheel A unique new resource from Qld Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation. The first flavour reference for Australian native and bush foods.

AIHW Australian Institute of Health & Welfare Includes categories such as: cardiovascular health, indigenous Australians, cancer, population health, palliative care, diabetes, children and youth, mental health, rural health, chronic diseases etc
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Database provides access to all ABS online statistical services including census data, labour force statistics and Australian social trends. Subjects include wide range of economic, social, population and environmental matters.

Queensland Government Statistician's Office Health listings Statistics related to health, injuries and medical services from the Queensland Office of Economic and Statistical Research.

Food and Nutrition Industry sources

There is a large number and variety of commercial food, nutrition and beverage industry websites and online trade journals.

A few are listed here but you can Google many more.

Food & Beverage Industry News News for the Australian industry.
Food Ingredients First Online magazine for food and beverage companies to keep entirely up to date with trends in the food and beverage industry. We’re the leaders when it comes to food industry news, statistics, trends and analysis, offering insights into a huge range of diverse categories.
Nutrition Insight Online industry magazine for news about nutrition and diet trends, providing a huge range of detailed nutrition health articles, scientific nutrition articles and nutrition research articles.
Packaging Insights Online magazine for food and beverage packaging related news and developments. We track the latest news, follow the key trends, report on innovations and offer expert analytical insights into a diverse range of categories. We provide a steady stream of daily news, in-depth reports, coverage of significant trade shows and interviews with key players in the industry.
What’s New in Food Technology & Manufacturing Australian food processing industry news.

Featured reports (Australia)

AIHW Australia's Health series Published every 2 years by the Australian Institute for Health & Welfare (AIHW). Patterns and determinants of health and illness - health across the life stages - the supply and use of health services - expenditure and workforce - and health sector performance.
Defining the unique flavours of Australian native foods - Heather Smyth Australian native plant foods provide new and exciting eating experiences for consumers and have the potential to re-position ‘Australian cuisine’ as a contemporary food choice for consumers worldwide. The development of a common set of flavour and aroma descriptors and characteristics was identified as a key priority for the Australian native food industry.

Food for thought: what do short questions on food habits tell us about dietary intakes by AIHW Presents analysis of the 2007 Australian National Children's Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey to assess how well responses to short questions compare with more comprehensive tools, such as keeping a diary of all food eaten over two 24-hour periods. Results show that short questions may be a reasonable proxy for type of milk usually consumed and a reasonable approximation of fruit and vegetable intake, but are of limited value for predicting sodium or iodine intakes

International data/statistics/reports

MyFoodData Data derived from official USDA releases and compiled by qualified nutriionists . Features a great food comparison tool.
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United nations (FAO) Publications, reports, statistics and other resources from FAO
Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective Expert Report from the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research.
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It builds on the foundation, first established by the WCRF global network in 1982, to analyse, interpret and make public the available scientific evidence to help individuals reduce their risk of developing cancer.
International Network of Food Data Systems (INFOODS)
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Reliable data on the nutrient composition of foods consumed by people are critical in many areas - health assessment, the formulation of appropriate institutional and therapeutic diets,nutrition education, food and nutrition training,epidemiological research on relationships between diet and disease, plant breeding, nutrition labeling, food regulations, consumer protection, and agricultural goods and products, as well as for a variety of applications in trade, research, development, and assistance.
USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory NDL has the responsibility to develop USDA's National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, the foundation of most food and nutrition databases in the US, used in food policy, research and nutrition monitoring...available to the public and scientific community.
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The Mission of the Nutrient Data Laboratory is "To develop authoritative food composition databases and state of the art methods to acquire, evaluate, compile and disseminate composition data on foods and dietary supplements available in the United States."
OECD Health Statistics 2016 The most comprehensive source of comparable statistics on health and health systems across OECD countries. It is an essential tool to carry out comparative analyses and draw lessons from international comparisons of diverse health systems
World Health Organization (WHO) WHO works worldwide to promote health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable. Our goal is to ensure that a billion more people have universal health coverage, to protect a billion more people from health emergencies, and provide a further billion people with better health and well-being.