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This report provides recommended nutrient intakes (RNI) for key mineral, and water- and fat-soluble vitamins for different population groups.

This report describes the protein and amino acid requirements of different population groups.

This report describes the energy expenditures and requirements of different population groups.

This paper summarizes research that has reported on how dietary data have been collected in the context of shared plate eating, and concludes that methods to assess dietary…

This article, published in the Journal of Nutrition, compares four different methods to assess the prevalence of use and estimate nutrient intakes from dietary supplements among US adults.

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 systematic review aimed to identify studies that had been carried out to assess the dietary intake of populations in Africa over a ten-year period, and to summarize the methodologies…

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 FAO and FANTA document provides guidance for the collection of the Minimum Dietary Diversity for WRA (MDD-W) indicator.  MDD-W is a dietary diversity indicator that has been shown…

This paper describes a food classification system that is based on the level of processing of the food.  Foods are categorized into four groups: Group 1 - Unprocessed or minimally…