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Food Consumption Survey on Infants and Children in Croatia 2017-2021

Food Consumption Survey on Infants and Children in Croatia 2017-21 is survey based on EU Menu methodology, financially supported by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and conducted by Croatian Agency for Agriculture and Food (HAPIH), in collaboration with other partners on the project. Targeted population are infants, toddlers and children under the age of nine. By stratified random sampling 1860 children from all parts of Croatia should be included in the survey, within a period of one year. Pilot study was done, in Febuary 2019, on smaller population. 53 parents from cities of Osijek and Zagreb agreed to participate in the study. One face-to-face in-home interview and two computer assisted telephone interview (CATI) was conducted with each participant. A face-to-face interview included gathering information on height and weight of the children, completing a general questionnaire and FPQ, and instructions on how to complete food diary. The novelty in application of food diary is NutriCro® software developed specially for purposes of this survey. The software was developed for easier data collection and processing. Importance of the Food Consumption Survey and collected data is in their multipurpose use. The data obtained from this research will be used for food intake assessment, developing national nutritional guidelines, exposure and food-related risk assessment. Other than nutrition and risk assessment, epidemiologists, other institutions in public health, wider academic community and general public will benefit from results of this research.

national survey ; children ; dietary assessment ; food-related risk

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