Testing the price and affordability of healthy and current (unhealthy) diets and the potential impacts of policy change in Australia

Table 1 Foundation diets: recommended numbers of serves per week to comprise the healthy diet baskets

		Omnivore Foundation Diets (modelled serves per week)
		Starchy veges	Green & brassica veges	Orange veges	Legumes	Nuts & seeds	Other veges	Fruit	Wholegrain or higher fibre cereals/grains	Refined or lower fibre cereals/grains	Meats & alts (minus red)	Red meats	Diary foods 50 % reduced fat	Poly-unsaturated margarine^a
Household structure	Members	75 g	75 g	75 g	75 g	30 g	75 g	150 g	Equiv 40 g bread	Equiv 40 g bread	Equiv 65 g meats	65 g	Equiv 250g milk	10 g
1	Female 70+ yrs	5	7	7	3	3	14	14	20	8	7	3	28	14
	Male 31–50 year	7	7	7	7	7	14	14	28	14	7	7	17	28
	Female 31–50 year	5	7	7	2	2	14	14	28	14	7	7	17	14
	Male 14 years	7	7	7	2	4	14	14	32	17	7	7	25	14
	Female 8 years	3.5	7	7	2	0	10.5	10.5	19	9	5.5	5	11.5	5
	Male 4 years	3.5	7	7	2	0	10.5	10.5	19	9	5.5	5	14	5
	TOTAL	31	42	42	18	16	77	77	146	71	39	34	112.5	80
2	Female 31–50 year	5	7	7	2	2	14	14	28	14	7	7	17	14
	Male 14 years	7	7	7	2	4	14	14	32	17	7	7	25	14
	Female 8 years	3.5	7	7	2	0	10.5	10.5	19	9	5.55	5	11.5	5
	TOTAL	15.5	21	21	6	6	38.5	38.5	79	40	19.5	19	53.5	33
3	Male 31–50 year	7	7	7	7	7	14	14	28	14	7	7	17	28
3	TOTAL	7	7	7	7	7	14	14	28	14	7	7	17	28
4	Female 70 + yrs	5	7	7	3	3	14	14	20	8	7	3	28	14
	Male 70 + yrs	7	7	7	2	4	14	14	28	14	7	7	17	28
	TOTAL	12	14	14	5	7	28	28	48	22	14	10	45	42
5	Male 31–50 year	7	7	7	7	7	14	14	28	14	7	7	17	28
	Female 31–50 year	5	7	7	2	2	14	14	28	14	7	7	17	14
	Male 14 years	7	7	7	2	4	14	14	32	17	7	7	25	14
	Female 8 years	3.5	7	7	2	0	10.5	10.5	19	9	5.5	5	11.5	5
	TOTAL	22.5	28	28	13	13	52.5	52.5	107	54	26.5	26	70.5	61

Each household allocated 100 g polyunstructured oil and the rest of the allowance provided as polyunstructured margarine
Serve sizes as specefied in the Australian Dietary Guidelines Educators’Guide at https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/the_guidelines/n55b_educator_guide_140321.pdf

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