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===Total Wellbeing Diet=== In 2005 the CSIRO gained worldwide attention, including some criticism, for promoting a high-[[protein]], low-[[carbohydrate]] diet of their own creation called ''[[Total Wellbeing Diet]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csiro.au/Outcomes/Health-and-Wellbeing/Prevention/Total-Wellbeing-Diet-online.aspx |title=The CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet |website=Csiro.au |date=12 May 2016 |access-date=4 January 2017}}</ref> The CSIRO published the diet in a book which sold over half a million copies in Australia and over 100,000 overseas.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/stories/2006.asp |date=6 December 2005 |access-date=24 April 2006 |title=The town taking the CSIRO challenge |work=[[A Current Affair (Australian TV program)|A Current Affair]] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051213020826/http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/stories/2006.asp <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 13 December 2005}}</ref> The diet was criticised in an editorial by ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' for giving scientific credence to a "fashionable" diet sponsored by meat and dairy industries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/peers-turn-up-heat-on-csiro-diet/2005/12/27/1135445573297.html |title=Peers turn up heat on CSIRO diet |publisher=The Age |date=28 December 2005 |access-date=21 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://classicbackissues.australasianscience.com.au/bi2006/272CSIROdiet.pdf |title=Nature Gags on CSIRO Diet |publisher=Australasian Science |date=1 March 2006 |access-date=21 June 2016}}</ref>
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