Food-Based Recommendations Guide for Household-Level Programming

This guide is designed for use in assessing new contexts and developing recommendations to improve dietary practices using locally available resources. The primary audience for this guide is field practitioners designing and implementing food and nutrition multi-sectoral programs with community-based interventions. It focuses on developing recommendations for children 6–23 months, but can be tailored for any age group (pregnant and lactating women, adolescents). The guide requires that staff with a nutrition background lead on the use, in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team. Engagement of caregivers and key community stakeholders through participatory exercises is a key component to developing recommendations.