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Here is where you can get up to date on Intake's most recent news and announcements. We also provide links below to selected recent publications and news articles, and other noteworthy items and events relevant to the collection, analysis and use of dietary data.

News & Announcements

Call for Papers on Maternal & Child Nutrition during the First 1,000 Days

December 22, 2021

The American Journal of Public Health in collaboration with 1,000 Days, a FHI Solutions initiative, intends to publish a special issue exploring the importance of the 1,000-day window from pregnancy to age 2 for maternal and child nutrition and health in the United States. Original research, systematic reviews, essays, and editorials are invited. Manuscripts must be submitted to AJPH by March 1, 2022, via the online submission system at https://www.editorialmanager.com/ajph.…

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Journal of Nutrition Supplement on the GDQS

October 23, 2021

This Journal of Nutrition Supplement includes 11 articles documenting the work to develop, validate, and operationalize the Global Diet Quality Score - a new metric of diet quality appropriate for population-level use among women of reproductive age.

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Special Sight and Life Report on Nutrient Profiling: Article on the GDQS

October 21, 2021

This recent article in the Sight and Life Special Report, "Nutrient Profiling: Designing a Healthier Future for Global Benefit" provides an overview of the Global Diet Quality Score (GDQS) and describes the benefits that a food-based metric of diet quality can offer to dietary assessment.

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The Global Diet Quality Score: Data Collection Options and Tabulation Guidance

April 8, 2021

This technical brief provides an overview of the Global Diet Quality Score (GDQS) - a new metric of diet quality validated for global use among non-pregnant non-lactating women of reproductive age. GDQS data collection options are described along with corresponding tabulation guidance.

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GDQS App Beta-Testing Program

March 8, 2021

Intake is looking for volunteers interested in helping to advance the development of the GDQS app. If you are interested in helping to beta-test the GDQS app, please consider volunteering to join our global GDQS app beta-testing program. Write to feedback@intake.org to express your interest in participating. Read here to learn more.

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