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Data and Statistics
Public health surveillance is the ongoing systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of outcome-specific data for use in planning, interpretation, and evaluation of public health practice. Data sets and surveillance systems related to nutrition are provided. A number of the data sources can be used to examine public health issues across time or to compare groups at a specific time point.
Behavioral Risk Factor
Surveillance System (BRFSS)
CDC, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion
The BRFSS uses a population-based telephone survey to assess behavioral
risk factors of American adults since 1984. Body Mass Index and Adequacy
of fruit and vegetable intake are assessed as behavioral risk factors. The
BRFSS provides national and selected state data.
Fruit and
Vegetable Consumption
Data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
showing average daily frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption among
adults in the US. Survey responses can be compared by state, year, and
demographic group. Adolescent fruit and vegetable consumption data is
available from the
Dietary Behaviors Comprehensive Results of the Youth Risk Behavior
Surveillance System (YRBSS).
Healthy People 2010 Data
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Healthy People 2010 is the prevention agenda for the nation. From this
link, the database can be searched for a specific objective of a
particular focus area (e.g. Nutrition and Overweight). Data can be
searched for specific states and across years.
Nutrition Monitoring in the United States: The Directory of Federal and
State Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Activities
CDC, National Center for Health Statistics
Nutritional monitoring of individuals in the US occurs via multiple
research channels at the federal and state levels. A directory of these
research activities is available.
PedNSS: Pediatric Nutrition
Surveillance System
CDC, Nutrition and Physical Activity
The Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System (PedNSS) is a program-based
public health surveillance system that describes the nutritional status of
low-income U.S. children who attend federally-funded maternal and child
health and nutrition programs. PedNSS provides data on the prevalence and
trends of nutrition-related indicators.
PNSS: Pregnancy Nutrition
Surveillance System
CDC, Nutrition and Physical Activity
The Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System (PNSS) is a program-based
public health surveillance system that monitors risk factors associated
with infant mortality and poor birth outcomes among low-income pregnant
women who participate in federally funded public health programs.
US Obesity Trends
CDC, Nutrition and Physical Activity
This site provides a PowerPoint slide presentation that documents the
changing prevalence in obesity among adults in the United States from 1985
to 2006. The prevalence data were collected through CDC’s Behavioral Risk
Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
Youth Risk Behavior
Surveillance System
CDC, Adolescent and School Health
YRBSS monitors priority health risk behaviors that contribute markedly to
the leading causes of health, disability, and social problems among youth
and adults in the United States. Questions related to eating patterns such
as fruit and vegetable intake are included. The YRBSS includes national,
state, and local school-based surveys of representative samples of 9th
through 12th grade students
Related Surveillance Systems
DHHS-USDA
Dietary Survey Integration — What We Eat in America
Note: In 2002, two nationwide dietary intake surveys — the Continuing
Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSFII) conducted by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture and the National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey (NHANES) conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services were integrated.
The new integrated survey is called What We Eat in America and is
collected as part of NHANES.
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National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
CDC, National Center for Health Statistics
This link provides data sets for current and past NHANES and National Health Examination Surveys (NHES) conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. -
Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSFII) 1994–1996,
1998
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
This link provides data sets and related information for the 1994–1996, 1998 CSFII surveys.
Healthy Eating
Index
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Healthy Eating Index (HEI) is a summary measure of overall diet quality.
The type and quantity of foods people eat and the degree to which diets
comply with specific recommendations in the Dietary Guidelines and the
Food Guide Pyramid is analyzed. Data sets and reports using the HEI to
compare reported intakes in the 1999-2000 NHANES and 1994-1996 CSFII are
available.
Please note: Some of these publications are available for download only as *.pdf files. These files require Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to be viewed. Please review the information on downloading and using Acrobat Reader software.
* Links to non-Federal organizations found at this site are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links.
Page last updated: May 22, 2007
Content Source: Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
