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Visualizing nutrition data with Tableau Public

Using Tableau Public to Visualize Nutrition Data The purpose of this Tableau Public tutorial is to demonstrate how Tableau Public can be easily used to make four types of data visualizations with nutrition data. This tutorial is a follow-up to DataDENT’s Together for...

2019 DataDENT Highlights

2019 was an exciting year for DataDENT with milestones addressing challenges across the nutrition data value chain. Here we revisit our work highlighted through our top blog posts from this past year and look ahead at what is to come in 2020. New Demographic and...

The Case of the Missing Data

The Global Nutrition Report (GNR) is one of the most widely used sources of nutrition data. The GNR reports on progress against global nutrition targets in 194 countries. In October 2019, GNR launched updated Country Nutrition Profiles. Note: In May 2020, GNR launched...

Similar but not the same: The challenge of comparing indicators across nutrition data tools

Laura Becker, Renee Manorat, and Kyle Borces (R4D), Audrey Buckland, and Rebecca Heidkamp (BSPH)

High-quality nutrition data is critical for country stakeholders, advocates, funders, and many others to assess needs, measure progress, and ultimately make decisions to take action. However, as our global data visualization tool (DVT) in nutrition landscaping...

Visualizing nutrition data with Tableau Public

Using Tableau Public to Visualize Nutrition Data The purpose of this Tableau Public tutorial is to demonstrate how Tableau Public can be easily used to make four types of data visualizations with nutrition data. This tutorial is a follow-up to DataDENT’s Together for...

2019 DataDENT Highlights

2019 was an exciting year for DataDENT with milestones addressing challenges across the nutrition data value chain. Here we revisit our work highlighted through our top blog posts from this past year and look ahead at what is to come in 2020. New Demographic and...

The Case of the Missing Data

The Global Nutrition Report (GNR) is one of the most widely used sources of nutrition data. The GNR reports on progress against global nutrition targets in 194 countries. In October 2019, GNR launched updated Country Nutrition Profiles. Note: In May 2020, GNR launched...

Similar but not the same: The challenge of comparing indicators across nutrition data tools

Laura Becker, Renee Manorat, and Kyle Borces (R4D), Audrey Buckland, and Rebecca Heidkamp (BSPH)

High-quality nutrition data is critical for country stakeholders, advocates, funders, and many others to assess needs, measure progress, and ultimately make decisions to take action. However, as our global data visualization tool (DVT) in nutrition landscaping...

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