Resources

This technical report describes the process of developing food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs). One of the steps in this process is to gather information on individual food consumption patterns…

This IZiNCG technical brief describes various data collection tools and methods, and analysis approaches and software to assess dietary zinc intake in populations.

This WHO fact sheet provides recommendations for a healthy diet.

This brief describes five main steps to assessing the adequacy of zinc intake in a population. The document includes IZiNCG guidance on Estimated Average Requirements (EAR) for zinc.

This Intake publication provides an overview of the various methodologic issues that are relevant to the collection and analysis of dietary data when a key objective of the survey includes…

This Intake technical report provides a framework for the development of metrics of diet quality for women of reproductive age in low- and middle-income countries.

This manual was developed as a tool for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting dietary data on intakes of iron and zinc.  The manual is divided into 11 chapters in the order required to plan…

This paper provide an overview of the state of large-scale food fortification in the world, with an emphasis on the gaps and challenges to the scaling-up of the fortification of staple foods…

This report describes the importance of food consumption surveys as analytical tools in food and nutrition policy and programme design, and in the targeting and monitoring of…

This document provides guidelines to assist countries in the design and implementation of appropriate food fortification programs.