Users must register/login on the website to access data. Data on food consumption from national or subnational surveys using 24-hour dietary recalls, diet records, food frequency questionnaires, or standardized questionnaires are available. The website also includes Excel files with median intake for specific nutrients by age for selected countries.
Time: Data have been harmonized, including structure, variable definition and units, and food characterization; data checks have been performed. Analysis may take a few weeks, depending on complexity.
Human Resources: Some familiarity with nutrition required to use the website. Those conducting data analysis need expertise in nutrition and data analysis.
Relative Cost: Low
Strengths: User-friendly platform. Data is disaggregated by age, sex, educational level, and urbanicity. Uploading of data to the website is ongoing.
Limitations: Data limited for some dietary factors, demographic groups, countries, and years. Some data are not available, even upon request.
Indicators
We found relevant indicators for 9 diet question(s) based on the filters below (or your answers to preceding questions). Use the filters to see other indicators by target group or diet question.
Target group: Children 6–23 months of age
Is my target group consuming foods or food groups that provide adequate nutrients?
- Nutrient adequacy: Percentage of children 6–23 months of age with adequate nutrient intake from food.
- Nutrient intake: Mean/median nutrient intake among children 6–23 months of age.
- Minimum dietary diversity (MDD) for children: Percentage of children 6–23 months of age who consumed foods and beverages from at least five out of eight defined food groups during the previous day.
What foods or food groups is my target group consuming?
- Egg and or flesh food consumption: Percentage of children 6–23 months of age who consumed egg and/or flesh foods during the previous day.
- Sweet beverage consumption: Percentage of children 6–23 months of age who consumed a sweet beverage during the previous day.
- Unhealthy food consumption—World Health Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund infant and young child feeding: Percentage of children 6–23 months of age who consumed selected sentinel unhealthy foods during the previous day.
- Zero vegetable or fruit consumption: Percentage of children 6–23 months of age who did not consume any vegetables or fruits during the previous day.
- The percentage of the population consuming any of the food groups measured by the instrument can also be determined.
Target group: Women: 15–49 years of age (non-pregnant, non-lactating)
Is my target group consuming foods or food groups that provide adequate nutrients?
- Nutrient adequacy: Percentage of women of reproductive age 15–49 years with adequate nutrient intake from food and/or supplements.
- Nutrient intake: Mean/median nutrient intake among women of reproductive age 15–49 years.
- MDD-W: Percentage of women of reproductive age 15–49 years who consumed foods and beverages from at least (≥) five food groups during the previous day.
Target group: Pregnant women: 15–49 years of age
Is my target group consuming foods or food groups that provide adequate nutrients?
- Nutrient adequacy: Percentage of pregnant women 15–49 years with adequate nutrient intake from food and/or supplements.
- Nutrient intake: Mean/median nutrient intake among pregnant women 15–49 years.
What foods or food groups is my target group consuming?
- Nutrient adequacy: Percentage of pregnant women 15–49 years with adequate nutrient intake from food and/or supplements.
- Nutrient intake: Mean/median nutrient intake among pregnant women 15–49 years.
Target group: Lactating women: 15–49 years of age
Is my target group consuming foods or food groups that provide adequate nutrients?
- Nutrient adequacy: Percentage of lactating women 15–49 years with adequate nutrient intake from food and/or supplements.
- Nutrient intake: Mean/median nutrient intake among lactating women 15–49 years.
What foods or food groups is my target group consuming?
- Nutrient adequacy: Percentage of lactating women 15–49 years with adequate nutrient intake from food and/or supplements.
- Nutrient intake: Mean/median nutrient intake among lactating women 15–49 years.
Target group: Men
Is my target group consuming foods or food groups that provide adequate nutrients?
- Nutrient adequacy: Percentage of men in specified age range with adequate nutrient intake from food and/or supplements.
- Nutrient intake: Mean/median nutrient intake among men in specified age range.
What foods or food groups is my target group consuming?
- Food consumption—healthy: Percentage of men in a specified age range who consumed healthy foods, beverages, and/or food groups during the previous day (e.g., user-defined healthy food, beverage, or food group; or Diet Quality-Questionnaire (DQ-Q) defined groups).
- Food consumption—amount: Mean/median amount of a healthy food, beverage, or food group consumed by men in specified age range during the previous day.
