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Book (stand-alone)Dietary assessment
A resource guide to method selection and application in low resource settings
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No results found.FAO provides countries with technical support to conduct nutrition assessments, in particular to build the evidence base required for countries to achieve commitments made at the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) and under the 2016-2025 UN Decade of Action on Nutrition. Such concrete evidence can only derive from precise and valid measures of what people eat and drink. There is a wide range of dietary assessment methods available to measure food and nutrient intakes (expressed as energy insufficiency, diet quality and food patterns etc.) in diet and nutrition surveys, in impact surveys, and in monitoring and evaluation. Differenct indicators can be selected according to a study's objectives, sample population, costs and required precision. In low capacity settings, a number of other issues should be considered (e.g. availability of food composition tables, cultural and community specific issues, such as intra-household distribution of foods and eating from shared plates, etc.). This manual aims to signpost for the users the best way to measure food and nutrient intakes and to enhance their understanding of the key features, strengths and limitations of various methods. It also highlights a number of common methodological considerations involved in the selection process. Target audience comprises of individuals (policy-makers, programme managers, educators, health professionals including dietitians and nutritionists, field workers and researchers) involved in national surveys, programme planning and monitoring and evaluation in low capacity settings, as well as those in charge of knowledge brokering for policy-making. -
Book (stand-alone)Food security and food consumption in Samoa based on the analysis of the 2018 Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2020
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No results found.This report is one of the outputs of the Technical Cooperation Programme project (TCP/SAP/3705) aimed at strengthening the capacity of Pacific Island Countries to monitor SDG Target 2.1. The process started in March 2019 with the analysis of the food data collected in the 2018 Household Income and Expenditure survey (HIES) in collaboration with Samoa Bureau of Statistics. The report presents the main results derived from the analysis of the food data and the Food Insecurity Experience Scale data collected in the 2018 HIES to inform current patterns on food security and nutrition in Samoa. Whenever possible indicators are given at national level and for sub-groups of population. -
Book (stand-alone)ANALYSIS OF THE FOOD CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOUR OF JAPANESE HOUSEHOLDS 2003
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No results found.The objectives of this research are to analyse food consumption patterns in Japan and to conduct an econometric analysis of Japan’s food demand structure. Two specific food demand studies were undertaken for this report: 1) the demand for 11 aggregate food groups, including rice; and 2) the demand for seven meats. The basic conclusion of the paper suggests that rice is consumed in Japan as a normal good, contrary to the results of previous studies. In addition, Marshallian uncompensated and Hick sian compensated own-price elasticities for rice are highly elastic, while the own-price elasticity for meat is relatively price-inelastic. Results from the meat model show that meat expenditure and price elasticities are very similar to those of Western nations. These results show that the Japanese meat consumption pattern has become Westernized. This paper makes a significant contribution to the literature on the consumption patterns.
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