“…Of the many reasons for measuring food intake, the chief one in developing countries is that little or no previous information exists (Flores and Garcia, 1960;Sundararaj, Begum, Jesudian and Pereira, 1969;Rao, Singh and Swaminathan, 1969;Selinus, Gobe-zie, Knutsson and Vahlquist, I971 ;Chandrapanond, Ratchatasilpin and Tansuphasiri, 1972). Less frequently, it is measured in order to relate different observcd state; of healch, or parierns of growth with different levels of intake (Rea,I97I), or io evduatz nutrition education or applied nulrilion programmes (Jones and Pereira,197.2).…”