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EFSA Webinar: “The FoodEx2 classification system and guidance on its harmonised use”
08/10/2018
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) held two webinars on the use of the FoodEx2 classification system in September and October 2018. FoodEx2 is a comprehensive food classification and description system aimed at covering the need to describe foods in a harmonised way.
UN Network for SUN webinar series: “Using Harmonised Individual Quantitative Food Consumption Data: An Introduction to FAO/WHO GIFT”
27/03/2018
The FAO/WHO GIFT platform was presented to a wider audience in the UN Network for SUN webinar series in March 2018.
Accelerated Reduction Effort on Anaemia (AREA) Community of Practice Webinar: “Strengthening Food-based Approaches To Reduce Iron Deficiency”
11/12/2017
The Accelerated Reduction Effort on Anaemia (AREA) Community of Practice held a webinar in December 2017 on how the FAO/WHO GIFT platform may strengthen food-based approaches to reduce iron deficiency.
Webinars - Second session December 2016
06/12/2016
Another round of webinars will be conducted this year with the aim of presenting the new prototype of the FAO/WHO GIFT platform to potential end-users and collect their feedback. The webinars will also provide an update on the status of collection, collation and dissemination of dietary data.
FAO and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy work together to increase access to nutrition data
01/09/2016
FAO and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy (the Friedman School) at Tufts University have entered into a collaboration aiming to increase our understanding of what foods and nutrients people are actually consuming around the world.
Webinars - First session November 2015
02/11/2015
In November 2015, several webinars will be conducted to illustrate the FAO/WHO GIFT prototype platform to potential end users with the objective of developing this tool in a participatory manner.