Food selection models

• Australian guide to healthy eating

  Presents five food groups in a pie chart - representing a plate
• Australian guide to healthy eating

  Strengths - single visual guide, five food groups easily understood and recognised, proportions are understood
• Australian guide to healthy eating - government
• Australian guide to healthy eating

  Limitations - serving sizes are not explained
• Healthy eating pyramid - nutrition australia
• Healthy eating pyramid

  contains four layers relating to the proportions of different foods that should be consumed
• Healthy eating pyramid


  Strengths - simple, visual, guide including 5 food groups, herbs and spices to address alternatives to salt
• Healthy eating pyramid

  Limitations - portion sizes are not included, people may overconsume
• Health star rating

  Quick way of rating the nutritional profile of packaged foods you see at the supermarket. Compares similar types of food not the difference between foods
• Health star rating


  Strengths - simple visual guide to use while shopping, makes identifying a healthy product easier
• Health star rating


  Limitations - health star rating is voluntary, based on nutrients not whole foods
• Health star rating - government