Research Projects

1. National Food and Nutrition Surveillance program
2. National program for assessment of Household Food Consumption Patterns and Food Security
3. National Food Composition Table program
4. National Food Safety program
5. National Nutrition and Disease survey program
6. National program of Analysis and Evaluation of Food and Nutrition Policies

SDGs related projects

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and improve the lives and prospects of everyone, everywhere. The 17 Goals are interconnected, apply to all countries, and need to be carried out by all stakeholders – governments, the private sector, civil society, the United Nations system and others – in a collaborative partnership.

NNFTRI as one of the most prestigious scientific and research institutes at national and regional level, has different projects aims to achieve SDGs goals.

1. Comparing the cost and affordability of nutritious and sustainable baskets by different socioeconomic groups and sub-national areas in Iran: 2016-2019
2. Fifteen-year trends in the price differential between healthy and less healthy foods and healthy, less healthy, and sustainable diet and forecasting the price values of healthy and unhealthy foods up to 2031 in Iran
3. Designing, developing and feasibility assessment of healthy and sustainable food-based-dietary guidelines for Iranian elderly: Analysis for policy
4. Designing and Establishing Sustainable, Thrifty, and Moderate-Cost Food Baskets for Iranian Population-2021
5. Cumulative risk assessment of pollutants exposure in usual basket and recommended Healthy Sustainable Food Basket for Iranian Population-2023
6. Measuring sustainability of food and nutrition system in rural areas of Zahedan Province and designing policy interventions
7. Validating Sustainable Healthy Diet (SHED) measurement tool for Iranian Context
8. Sustainability assessment of  two Iranian national dietary guidelines (2006 and updated one in 2015) , a step forward to develop sustainable dietary guidelines
9. Analyses of sustainable diet approach using evidence  review

Projects with National impact

The projects of NNFTRI aim to improve the nutritional status and health of the community. However, the projects that known as projects with health impact at national level are the ones that its results have been used by policy makers (e.g. Ministry of health) for policy development and program planning and implementation at the national level to improve sustainable food and nutrition security. These projects ultimately improve the nutrition and health status of the people.

 A minimum package to prevent linear growth failure and stunting in under two children

1. National Food and Nutrition Surveillance Program for children aged 2-5 years in deprived provinces
2. Effectiveness study of traditional bakeries' flour fortification with vitamin D in addition to Iron and Folic acid

National program for monitoring the levels of nutritional risk factors of non-communicable diseases (sugar, salt, saturated and trans fatty acids) in industrial and traditional Iranian foods, 2017

4. National Nutrition and Food Security Document evaluation
5. Study, Analysis and Compilation of National Policy of Nutrition and Food Security During 1391-1394
6. Developing policy proposals for controlling nutritional risk factors of non-communicable diseases, based on analysis of findings of “national program for monitoring the levels of sugar, salt, saturated and trans fatty acids in industrial and traditional Iranian foods
7. National Survey on food consumption and the nutritional status of the household and individual in the country