3.2. Materials development
A series of instruction documents and electronic resources have
been developed to assist participating countries with data collection
and data entry. These are based primarily upon outputs derived
from work undertaken by The George Institute in support
of the World Health Organisation’s efforts to monitor the sodium
content of foods (Dunford &Webster, 2010). Materials are updated
regularly and are adapted to suit each country’s requirements. For
example, in a few countries the collection of information was restricted
to the sodium content of foods because this is the current
focus of government interest and materials were therefore adapted
accordingly. In addition, electronic materials such as smartphone
applications, have been developed to assist participating countries
in data collection.