Nutritional status of a group of people or individual can be assessed by mainly 3 methods:

1. Weighing of raw food – All the food that is going to be cooked is weighed. This is more widely pracitsed.
2. Weighing of cooked food – Cooked food in weighed before eating. This is less acceptable by people
3. Oral questionnaire method – The person is asked to list the food items taken during the last 24 or 48 hours. This can provide good results if done properly.

1. Assessment of dietary intake
2. Food fortification
3. Dependancy ratio
4. CARE – Projects in India