2026-06-28http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/332072Nutritional well-being is influenced now more than ever by globalization, trade liberalization, urbanization and dietary transition. Collectively, these trends have had a profound influence on diets and nutritional status in many developing countries, particularly the Caribbean, where significant changes in eating habits have emerged over the past few decades. Analysis and further understanding of the impact of these changes on the people of the Caribbean is a very important preliminar y step in the development of food and nutrition policies at the national level. Food and nutrition surveys are the primary tools used to analyze and understand dietary changes and nutritional status.65application/pdfFAOBook (stand-alone)