Developing and Validating Food-based Dietary Guidelines and a Healthy Eating Index

Launched by ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE · Jan 3, 2018

Keywords

ClinConnect Summary

Triple burden of malnutrition (i.e. protein-energy malnutrition including micronutrient deficiency and overnutrition) is a current global problem. In 2017, 155 out of 677 million children in the world under the age of 5 years were stunted (height for age \< -2 SD of the WHO Child Growth Standards median), 52 million wasted (weight for height \< -2 SD of the WHO child growth standards median) and 41 million overweight (weight for height \> 2 SD of the WHO child growth standards median) with 93 million children at risk of overweight. Out of 5 billion adults worldwide, nearly 2 billion are ove...

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • General population above 2 years of FBDGs development
• • Women of reproductive age (15-49 years) for FBDGs validation
• • Women of reproductive age (15-49 years) for HEI development and validation
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • population groups other than women of reproductive age for FBDGs validation, and HEI development and validation.