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Food Prices for Nutrition: Cost and Affordability of a Healthy Diet and other Indicators (Self-Paced)

The Food Prices for Nutrition (FPN) eLearning course focuses on constructing diet cost and affordability indicators to measure access to healthy diets and dietary standards. It covers global nutritional concepts, including the Healthy Diet Basket and Food-Based Dietary Guidelines, and explains how these indicators are built using data inputs. The course provides users with the tools to create similar indicators at national or regional levels, adjusting for local food availability and dietary habits. It also introduces the FPN project, which aims to provide metrics to monitor access to healthy diets and support policy interventions for food security and nutrition. Through the course, users gain the knowledge to apply these indicators in national policymaking to improve food access and health outcomes.

Delivery Mode

E-Learning

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Language

English

Delivery Dates

On-Demand

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Overview

The Food Prices for Nutrition (FPN) eLearning course focuses on constructing diet cost and affordability indicators to measure access to healthy diets and dietary standards. It covers global nutritional concepts, including the Healthy Diet Basket and Food-Based Dietary Guidelines, and explains how these indicators are built using data inputs. The course provides users with the tools to create similar indicators at national or regional levels, adjusting for local food availability and dietary habits. It also introduces the FPN project, which aims to provide metrics to monitor access to healthy diets and support policy interventions for food security and nutrition. Through the course, users gain the knowledge to apply these indicators in national policymaking to improve food access and health outcomes.