Strengthening capacity for data-driven policy and programming decisions that promote healthy diets: the International Dietary Data Expansion Project (INDDEX), by Jennifer Coates, Associate Professor Feinstein International Center – Tufts University
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"www.fao.org/about/meetings/sustainable-food-systems-nutrition-symposium The International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition was jointly held by FAO and WHO in December 2016 to explore policies and programme options for shaping the food systems in ways that deliver foods for a healthy diet, focusing on concrete country experiences and challenges. This Symposium waas the first large-scale contribution under the UN Decade of Action for Nutrition 2016-2025. This presentation was part of Parallel session 3.1: Designing, implementing and monitoring evidence-based policies effectively with multiple actors"
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Strengthening capacity for data-driven policy and programming decisions that promote healthy diets: the International Dietary Data Expansion Project (INDDEX), by Jennifer Coates, Associate Professor Feinstein International Center – Tufts University
- 2. JENNIFER COATES, PHD TUFTS UNIVERSITY FRIEDMAN SCHOOL OF NUTRITION SCIENCE AND POLICY FAO-WHO INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS FOR HEALTHY DIETS AND IMPROVED NUTRITION ROME, DECEMBER 1-2, 2016 STRENGTHENING FOOD CONSUMPTION INFORMATION SYSTEMS TO PROMOTE HEALTHY DIETS: INDDEX PROJECT
- 3. DIET AGRICULTURE NUTRITION AND HEALTH STATUS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY Individual level dietary data are critical for evidence-based decision-making Source: Coates J and Herforth A, presentation to BMGF Grand Challenges Meeting, October 6, 2014. Inform food safety policy Monitor national food policies and plans Understand links between production and consumption Understand how local and wild foods contribute to adequate diets Understand differences in dietary intakes by age and sex Assess the sustainability implications of food choice Track progress toward the SDGs Monitor dietary shifts toward ultra-processed foods Calibrate Other Food Security Indicators
- 4. Recent, nationally representative, publically available individual dietary surveys are lacking Source: adapted from Pisa et al., Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2014
- 5. Bottlenecks limiting availability, access, and use of individual level dietary data Time consuming to prepare and implement Weak national & global research infrastructure Low capacity
- 6. Scaling up Food Consumption Data Availability and Access
- 7. Increasing use of food consumption data Regional reach Country Reach (2) Global Reach Burkina Faso and Bangladesh: Targeted dietary assessment and ADePT/HCES training Supported, collaborative process of implementing dietary intake surveys and analyzing data Investments in key food consumption survey inputs Decision-support through policy demonstration analyses
- 8. Increasing use of Food Consumption Data Regional and Global Interactive guidelines and training materials for individual diet assessment Revised ADePT software and guidance Dietary data from FAO/WHO GIFT accessed through infographics and user-friendly interface Regional virtual working groups Decision-support through unifying indicator framework Advocacy and demand generation
- 9. Key Message Improved availability, access, and use of food consumption data are vital to evidence-based decision making for sustainable, healthy diets. Until recently, low global investment and capacity has hindered widespread food consumption data collection. A determined, multi-stakeholder coalition is breaking down bottlenecks to scale up global food consumption information systems.
- 10. Thank You! E-mail: inddex@tufts.edu Web: inddex.nutrition.tufts.edu Twitter: @INDDEXProject Beatrice Rogers, Tufts Brooke Colaiezzi, Tufts Winnie Bell, Tufts Cathleen Cissé, Tufts Zachary Gersten, Tufts Odilia Bermudez, Tufts Anna Lartey, FAO Warren Lee, FAO Catherine LeClerq, FAO Pauline Allemand, FAO Agnieszka Balcerzak, FAO Fabio Grita, FAO Carlo Azzari, IFPRI Jowel Choufani, IFPRI Jack Fiedler, (formerly IFPRI) Marie Ruel, IFPRI Shelly Sundberg, BMGF Ken Brown, BMGF Rosalind Gibson, Consultant Ruth Charrondiere, FAO Anna Vincent, FAO Nathalie Troubat, FAO Carlo Caffiero, FAO Anna Moltedo, FAO Cristina Alvarez, FAO Prosper Sawadago, FAO/Burkina Aristide Ongone Obame, FAO/Burkina Lalita Bhattacharjee, FAO/MUCH, Bdesh Naoki Minamiguchi, FAO-MUCH, Bdesh
Editor's Notes
- The INDDEX Project is implemented by Tufts University’s Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
- We care because we want to continue to understand, predict, and take action to improve Relationships between diet and normal growth, functional integrity, nutrition-related non-communicable diseases. How elements of the food system affect nutritional status through diets How policies and programs can affect the food system to shape positive dietary outcomes What we eat has a major impact on climate, water, soil, biodiversity -
- When individual level dietary data does exist they are usually neither nationally representative nor publically available. *************** 1) The findings from Pisa et al. (2014) illustrate this point nicely. In a review of available individual level data in Africa they found 42 recent individual quantitative food consumption surveys from 17 countries however they were mainly small scale surveys and not necessarily publically available. For example, the last diet survey in Bangladesh was done in 1996, nearly 30 years ago. And yet, we know that diet patterns have shifted radically in Bangladesh, so that an estimated 22% if the population is now overweight (nearly 18% in rural areas). How did that country get to where it is now? We need to fill in the missing pieces of the puzzle.
- Issue of bottlenecks and constraints that inhibit collection of individual level dietary data ***************** High time cost Surveys are typically collected using pen and paper-based surveys in low-income countries rather than mobile technologies. Time consuming to gather all the needed components Long lags from data collection to entry to results 2. Infrastructure There has been limited investment in the research infrastructure needed to collect and process dietary data. Context-specific food composition tables are needed to convert food consumption data into energy and nutrient data. Despite their importance, FCTs are often of variable quality. They are also not always publicly accessible or available in formats that are useful to researchers. FCTs – nutrient values vary by region Many of the other inputs necessary to collect and process individual-level dietary data are not publicly accessible There is no public central repository for the results of dietary surveys (like the international household survey network, or FAOSTAT) 3. Capacity There is limited capacity in many LICs to collect, process, and analyze these data. Perceived to be too technical, in the purview of nutritionists, despite the fact that there are few nutritionists trained to collect data, and despite the fact that interest in use of the data cuts across sectors to include ag, food as well as health. Lack of familiarity with how to analyze dietary data for policy purposes
- 1. Mobile data collection application for 24 hour dietary recall Tablet-loaded Real-time processing 2. Web-based database of key inputs into diet assessment: Food composition Conversion factors Standardized recipes Retention factors Centralized, national and/or regional repository, integrated with the data collection app. 3. FAO/WHO GIFT: Dietary data globally and freely accessible in a user-friendly format 4. Scaled up availability and accessibility of dietary data the 24 hour recall will become cost-effective if the needed inputs (portion size conversions, standardized recipes, food lists, FCTs) are centralized and accessible, and if there are clear simple tools for collecting and processing the data. If these things are in place, then it does not need to be any more onerous than implementing a module on food expenditures, for instance, which is something that most countries commit to doing as part of a complex household income and expenditure survey ever 4-5 years. Once the inputs are in place, they can be used, repeated, recycled for future surveys with minor updates.
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