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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…

This paper describes dietary intakes of Brazilian adolescents (12-17y). Energy and percentage of energy from macronutrients are based on a single quantitative 24HDR.

This paper describes the overall process of developing food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) for use in Ethiopia.

This paper is an inventory of current and available food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) across the world.

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 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.