Framework for a Nutrition Surveillance Programme for the Island of Ireland
- Project start date: 5 September 2013
- Project status: Completed
- Project type: Nutrition
- Discipline: Nutrition surveillance
- Author/s: Safefood research
Research objective
To take forward the recommendation of a report published in October 2012, and subsequently endorsed by the North-South Ministerial Council, that close co-operation on nutrition surveillance be developed on an all-island basis in order to ensure the collection of timely and robust data comparable throughout the island.
Outputs
Research report
- Title: Framework for a nutrition surveillance programme for the island of Ireland
- Publication date: 1 May 2015
- Summary: Output from all-island planning group.
- Findings:
The report proposes a framework for a nutrition surveillance programme for the island of Ireland. In drawing up a suitable framework, it was determined that
- It should be capable of providing data for both nutrition and chemical exposure purposes
- It should represent value for money by avoiding duplication of effort while meeting health, agriculture and food industry needs
- It should encourage the collection of data on a rolling basis rather than periodically so as to provide continuity and allow trends to be identified
- It should serve the needs of the whole of the island of Ireland
- It should be capable of being phased in as resources and the timetables of existing surveillance programmes permitted.
- Recommendations:
The report sets out the approach which the planning group considered is necessary to be able to meet these criteria. In doing this it took account of a number of different approaches to nutrition surveillance, including the European Food Safety Authority’s Guidance on EU Menu Methodology, and identified the factors that it considers to be the most relevant to the needs of the island of Ireland.
You can download the report below.
