Aims of the NNSC:
The National Nutrition Surveillance Centre aims to:
- Provide accurate, reliable and timely information in an accessible form at short notice.
- Monitor trends in health status correlated with all aspects of the food chain and advise on these findings for health planners.
- Provide a source of information and research expertise, particularly in nutritional epidemiology and surveillance methodology to those wishing to mount specific projects such as micro-surveys.