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Community Nutritionists
COMMUNITY NUTRITION REPORT
February 1995
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Some people at Mt Leibig are worried about the number of people get- ting sick with diabetes and heart trouble. In the old days, Aboriginal people had no diabetes or heart trouble and people did not get too fat.
Changes in foods people eat, too much alcohol and less activity can cause diabetes and heart trouble.
When people eat too much fat (from fatty meat, take-away foods and cooking oil) or too much sugar (from sugar and cool drinks) and too little fibre (from bread, cereals, fruit and vegetables) they can get FAT and might get diabetes or heart trouble.
We need to know about the types of food that people are eating in Mt Leibig so we can help them to stay healthy. Nutrition people from Ter- ritory Health Services were asked by the clinic and store people to look at the foods people were buying in Mt Lei big.
This book tells the story of what store foods are eaten in Mt Lei big.
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FOODS
Mt Lei big sells about 110 different types of foods which is about the same as most other community stores in the Centre. This means that there is a variety off oods for people in Mt Lei big to choose.
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TYPES OF DIFFERENT FOODS
Compared with other places in Australia, people in Mt Leibig eat:
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• more tinned meat
• more cooking oil .
• more fatty meat (lamb)
• less fruit and less vegetables
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FAT
At Mt Lei big, people are eating too much fat.
This fat comes from:
Fatty meats and chickens
Too much fat on the meat, too much lamb
Cooking oil
Too much fried food
Take-away foods
Too many meat pies and hamburgers
Snack foods
Too many potato chips and biscuits
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SUGAR
At Mt Leibig people are using nearly four times the amount of sugar recommended.
This sugar comes from:
Sugar
.More than 15 teaspoons everyday Cool drink and cordial
More than one can every day Lollies
More than five lollies every day
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Only one half a piece of fruit every day.
Only one half a serve of vegetable every day.
The small amount of fruit and vegetables that people eat mean that they are not getting enough fibre or vitamins like vitamin C and folic acid.
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This food research tells us that to stay healthy in Mt Lei big it would help if people
EAT MORE
Fruit
To stay healthy people should eat two pieces of fruit every day.
Vegetables
To stay healthy people should eat five serves of vegetables every day.
Breads (especially wholemeal) and cereals (like porridge and Weetbix)
To stay healthy people should eat seven serves of bread or cereal every day.
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EAT MORE BUSH FOODS WHEN YOU CAN
The food people are eating at Mt Lei big is also low in nutrients that protect people from cancer called antioxidants. These are found mainly in fruit, vegetables and plant bush foods.
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It would also help if people would
EAT LESS
Fat • cut the fat off meat
• do not fry foods
• eat less take-away foods like pies
Sugar • use less sugar in tea
• drink less cool drink
• try diet drinks or water instead
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