Technical areas of work being addressed by WHO Collaborating Centres for Nutrition
| Areas | No. of centres |
| Nutrition epidemiology/public health nutrition | 3 |
| Nutrition monitoring and surveillance | 4 |
| Research methodology in nutrition (including behavioural science techniques) | 3 |
| Food and nutrition policy | 1 |
| Nutrition education | 1 |
| Food habits/food consumption/dietary data | 4 |
| Food security | 2 |
| Advanced training in nutrition | 9 |
| Micronutrients | 4 |
| Maternal and child nutrition | 3 |
| Fetal nutrition | 2 |
| Breast-feeding/infant feeding | 3 |
| Prevention and control of obesity and other chronic diseases | 6 |
| Nutrition in primary health care | 3 |
| Clinical nutrition | 1 |
| Food technology | 3 |
| Food hygiene | 2 |