[General report on food and nutrition surveillance in 1998 and policy recommendation]

Based on the data of collection, nutrition status of children, food consumption and nutrition of urban and rural residents are analyzed, and related policy recommendations are presented. The improvement of the nutritional status of children in China is the consequence of socioeconomic development. The strategy for child nutrition improvement should focus on rural area and complementary feeding should be a key approach as important as breastfeeding to be stressed on. Immediate set priority on approaches promoting consumption production and processing of soybean. Nutrition problem of the poor should and could be resolved to consolidate the achievement of the National Poverty Alleviation Program.