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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 FAO document provides analytical data on food diversity, with compositional data provided for 7941 foods and 490 components based on analytical data from primary sources.

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 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 nutritional goals in…

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 to reflect…