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.