title: Better use of data to define nutrition priority and action.
abstract: Nutrition and dietary survey data has been useful in defining the magnitude of malnutrition and dietary deficit. Such information has been helpful in gaining attention to support or to do more to improve nutrition-advocacy. However, there are also greater opportunities to use the common data to guide the program action. In summary, we have plenty of good nutrition and dietary information available to us in the planning and operation of nutrition intervention program. If we go beyond the use of data to justify area or subject of engagement, we can also use the same data for more efficient and more effective program without additional cost to us.
authors.affiliation: UNICEF, Area Office for China and Mongolia, Beijing.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yip
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018673:Nutrition Policy; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D011050:Policy Making; D011634:Public Health; D011640:Public Policy