Resources

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 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 review serves as the basis to define gaps and needs in individual food consumption surveys worldwide and assists in defining priorities for resource allocation.  It also helps frame…

This paper aims to better understand the relative costs of informing food and nutrition policy-making using 24-hour recall survey data versus secondary analysis of Household Consumption and…

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

This document provides data for the changes in meat and poultry weight during cooking, as a result of moisture and fat loss.

This FAO publication provides guidelines for the production, management and use of food composition data.

This FAO/INFOODS document provides guidelines for checking food composition data prior to the publication of a user table/database.

These FAO/INFOODS guidelines developed describe an approach to food matching and the steps required.

This paper presents the INFOODS guidelines for describing foods.