Nutritional Requirements - Besoins nutritionnels - Requisitos nutricionales

Introduction

Reliable information about nutrient requirements is essential to achieve nutrition security for all people.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) provides scientific advice on nutrient requirements to our Member Countries and international bodies, including the Codex Alimentarius Commission. National and international agencies use this information for developing policies and programmes for actions to improve nutrition throughout the world.

FAO activities on nutritional requirements include development of practical applications and tools for improving nutrition, such as nutrition labelling, training workshops and research related to nutrient requirements.

Recent Publications

Fats and fatty acids in human nutrition, report of an expert Consultation, FAO

Fats and fatty acids in human nutrition Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation (Guest editors Burlingame, B., C. Nishida, R. Uauy, R. Weisell), Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism, 55 (1-3), 1-308, 2009. (Background papers) Special Issue of the Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, with free on-line access

last updated:  Thursday, January 19, 2012