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ANNEX 5. Group of indicators and indicators for measuring food system
outcomes

ANNEX 5.1. Dietary outcomes

Diets comprise all the food that an individual habitually consumes. Dietary patterns refer
to the quantities, proportions, and combinations of unique foods and beverages that
individuals habitually consume and the frequency with which they do so.
Group of indicators and indicators for dietary outcomes

Categories Indicators

Diet quality Diet diversity
and Diet - Food variety score (past one month)
adequacy - Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS)
- Women Dietary Diversity Score
- Children Dietary Diversity Score
- Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDD-W)
- Minimum Dietary Diversity for Children (MDD-C)
- Minimum dietary diversity for infants and young children (MDD)
- Dietary Species Richness (DSR)
- Amount consumption of certain food groups (starchy staple food;
vegetables; fruits; meat; milk and dairy products; fish and seafood;
legume and nuts; etc.) per day by an adult equivalent in grams
- Share of the adult population consuming all five food groups
typically recommended for daily consumption (starchy staple
food; vegetable; fruits; animal-source food; and legume and nuts)
- Portion size of typical foods focusing on fruit and vegetable
consumption: Average daily number of servings of fruits and
vegetables at individual and household level
- Diet composition for children under five, adult women, and adult
men. Focus on ultra-processed foods consumption (if possible)
- Percentage of children aged 6–23 months receiving adequate
and appropriate complementary feeding (Minimum Acceptable
Diet - MAD)
- Children aged 6–23 months receiving zero fruit or vegetable
consumption
- Percentage of infants exclusively breastfed during the first six
months.
- Percentage of infants breastfed up to 24 months
Recommended Dietary Allowance
- Energy Recommended Dietary Allowance among adults
- Protein consumption in Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution
Range (AMDR)
- Lipid consumption in Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution
Range (AMDR)
- Carbohydrate consumption in Acceptable Macronutrient
Distribution Range (AMDR)

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