Hi Amy, another place to try is the WHO food consumption databases from national nutrition surveys from around the world. Dr Philippe Verger is working with a team to collate and update a database of large portion sizes for different foods for the purpose of food chemical risk assessments, and may be worth contacting with your particular request about children's data. See contact details below:



Dr Philippe Verger MD, PhD
Department of Food Safety and Zoonoses
World Health Organization
20, Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
Tel direct: + 41 22 791 30 53
Mobile: +41 79 701 94 62

Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>



Kind regards Janis





Janis Baines
Section Manager
Food Composition, Evaluation and Modelling
Risk Assessment Branch
Food Standards Australia New Zealand

Phone +61 2 6271 2234
Mobile 0409 628 770

From: Food Composition Discussion Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Amy Deptford
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Subject: Actual or recommended portion sizes for children in developing countries

Hello everyone,

My name is Amy Deptford and I am a nutritionist working for Save the Children, based in London. We are in the process of redesigning the software for one of our bespoke tools: the Cost of the Diet. The Cost of the Diet is a method developed by SC UK to calculate the minimum amount of money a typical household would need to purchase their recommended intakes of energy, protein, fat and micronutrients, using locally available foods.

We are trying to improve and update the underlying parameters of the software, one of which are children's (12-23 month old) recommended or actual portion sizes for food. Unfortunately we haven't been able to find much published data especially in developing countries. I was wondering if any of you know of any such data that you could direct me to. Failing that, do you know of any academics, universities or other institutions who are doing this research and maybe able to help me? Any information you could provide would be much appreciated.

Kind regards,


Amy Deptford
Nutrition Officer
Hunger Reduction and Livelihoods
Save the Children, 1 St John's Lane, London EC1M 4AR
Direct line +44 (0)20 7012 6561, Email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
For more information please visit www.savethechildren.org.uk<http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/>



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