FAO/WHO GIFT | Global Individual Food Consumption Data Tool

Food Consumption

This section of the FAO/WHO GIFT platform provides statistics related to the food consumption habits of the survey population.

Statistics on food consumption are presented using three different infographics:

  1. Daily diet: grams per person per day
  2. Daily diet: proportion of different food groups consumed (as a percentage)
  3. Daily diet: calories per person per day

Further information on each infographic is provided below.

Statistics on food consumption can be calculated for individual food items or using the FAO/WHO GIFT nutrition-sensitive food groups. This food grouping follows principles applied to food groups used in food-based dietary guidelines.

 

  • In surveys with multiple days of dietary intake data for the same subject, the food consumption statistics are computed using the average of food consumption across the reported days.
  • The calculations consider all individuals in the population: consumers, i.e. those individuals who consumed the foods of interest during the survey period, and non-consumers, i.e. those who did not.
  • In the default view, summary statistics are calculated for the whole survey population. Filters can also be applied to obtain estimates for specific population groups, for example adults and children. In this case, food consumption statistics are calculated automatically by the platform based on the filters applied by the user.
  • Subjects with missing sex and/or age information are excluded from the calculations.

This infographic displays the average food and food group consumption in the population, expressed as grams of food per person per day. It provides an illustration of the overall dietary intake.

Each circle in the chart represents a different food group. The average consumption of the food group is displayed by hovering over the circles in the chart. The average food subgroup and food item consumption are displayed by clicking on the circles in the chart. The statistics are computed and displayed separately for foods and beverages.

The average food and food group consumption is calculated by summing up the quantities of foods and food groups consumed among subjects in the selected survey sample and dividing the result by the number of subjects in the sample.

This infographic displays the average contribution of food groups and sub-groups to the weight of food consumed, expressed as a percentage of the total food consumed.

Each segment of the chart represents a food group. The average contribution of the food groups to the total food consumption is displayed by hovering over the segments of the chart. The average contribution of a food subgroup to a food group and the average contribution of food items to a food subgroup are displayed by clicking on the segments of the chart. These statistics are computed and displayed separately for foods and beverages.

The average contribution of each food group to the total food consumption is calculated by summing up the quantities of foods consumed by each subject that belong to each food group and diving it by the total quantity of food consumed that day. The result is multiplied by 100% to express a percentage.

The average contribution of different food subgroups to the food group consumption and the average contribution of different food items to the food subgroup consumption are calculated analogically. 

This infographic displays the average energy intake from different foods and food groups expressed in kilocalories (i.e. calories) per person per day.

The centre of the pie chart provides the average total energy intake in the selected survey sample. The average energy intake from the food groups is displayed by hovering over different sections of the pie chart. The average energy intake from the food subgroups and food items are displayed by clicking on the sections of the pie chart.

The average energy intake from different foods and food groups is calculated by summing up the energy intake from foods and food groups reported by each subject and dividing the result by the number of subjects in the sample.

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