This joint FAO and Intake publication is the first ever Global Report on the State of Dietary Data. The purpose of the report is to take s
This Intake survey guidance document discusses key considerations related to the selection, assignment, and use of portion size estimation methods in a quantitative 24-hour dietary recall survey…
This Intake Advocacy Note describes how country-specific quantitative 24-hour dietary data can be used to inform the evidence-based design of food-based fortification policy and programming in low…
This Intake Advocacy Note describes how country-specific quantitative 24-hour dietary data can be used in the development of food based-dietary guidelines to improve nutrition in low- and middle-…
This paper reports on the application of the World Health Organization's recommended procedures for establishing desirable fortificant levels for three problem micronutrients (calcium, iron, and…
This paper describes the use of diet optimization on national dietary data collected in Brazil, to inform how best to improve the nutrient content of the diet of lower-income households, without…
This paper describes the methodology used to develop food-based dietary guidelines and a Healthy Eating Index for use in Ethiopia, and a score to evaluate adherence to the Ethiopia food-based…
This paper reviews the use of diet optimization for defining a nutritionally adequate, culturally acceptable, economically affordable, and environmentally sustainable diet.
This paper summarizes the steps recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to identify micronutrient shortfalls in the…
This article describes the current status of food fortification in the United States and provides a discussion of the value of fortification; the success of current fortification efforts; and the…