The FAO Nutrition Division provides expertise to support countries in collecting, harmonizing and disseminating high quality information on diet and nutrition. To this scope, we improve assessment tools; develop countries’ capacities to collect data; and work to develop a global web-based platform providing free access to country-specific nutrition information based on food consumption.
Learn more about our work and visit our sections on assessment tools, capacity development and food consumption database.
NEWS, EVENTS AND VIDEOS
- Event: 14th International Food Data Conference, 1-3 September 2025. Agenda and book of abstracts can be accessed here. Webcast recordings: day 1, day 2, and day 3. A news article on the Conference is available here.
- Event: Rome Nutrition Week 2025: The Importance of Food Composition Data to Enhance Nutrition. Recording available here.
- Video: How to share food consumption survey data through FAO/WHO GIFT. Go to the GIFT platform
NEW PUBLICATIONS
- E-learning course on Aquatic foods for nutrition. Lesson 3: Sources and uses of food composition data
- Chapter 4a: Food Composition, in 3rd edition of Principles of Nutritional Assessment, edited by Rosalind S. Gibson. June 2025.






