Food-based ways of improving nutritional situations

Acquire the knowledge and approach needed to design food-based strategies for improving the nutritional status of at-risk populations or groups.

EU program :

1. Introduction and theoretical background

- Definition of the various food strategies for improving nutritional situations and the different foods that can be used.

- Methods for diagnosing food practices and the nutritional value of foods in developing countries.

- Main nutritional characteristics of foods used in V2ASN.

2. Main foods used in Southern countries

- Dietary and nutritional importance of the different
food groups.

- Description; nutritional value and main traditional processes.

3. Nutrition during the "1000-day period

- Nutrition for pregnant women

- Nutritional needs and physiological constraints of infants and young children

- Breast-feeding

- Complementary nutrition and food supplements

- Strategies for improving infant nutrition

4. Other V2ASN application areas

- General population

- Women of childbearing age

- School children

Responsible for EU :

Christèle VERNIERE:christele.verniere@ird.fr