The objectives were to:
-Identify nutritional problems, severity and distribution according to regions/areas and socio-economic factors.
-Assess food consumption according to population demographic characteristics.
-Identify population groups with malnutrition deficiency or excess.
-Elaborate nutritional mapping according to the action plan adopted by all the countries, including Tunisia, at the World Food Summit in Rome in 1996.
-Identify vulnerable population groups in food insecurity situation by carrying out a causal analysis of the factors affecting their nutritional status.
-Realise a comparative analysis with the 1973-75 survey to know the changes and trends in nutritional status.
-Identify regions at risk to optimize and target intervention programs.
-Create a database for the planning, surveillance, monitoring and evaluation of nutritional interventions.