Applied to WWEIA, NHANES 2005-2006. 

Contains data for food energy and 63 nutrients/food components (see list), that are used to analyze data from WWEIA, NHANES 2005-2006.

Underlying food composition data are from the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference 20.

Suggested Citation:  USDA Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies, 3.0. 2008. Beltsville, MD: Agricultural Research Service, Food Surveys Research Group.

• Title page
• Table of contents
• Introduction
• Development and updating 
• General information about formats
• File formats
• Food coding scheme
• Changes since previous version
• Sample reports and queries in MS Access

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Click here for information about the What’s in the Foods You Eat Search Tool 3.0. You can view food descriptions, food codes, portion sizes and nutrient profiles for foods in FNDDS 3.0 online, or you can download the search tool to your PC. Other versions of the search tool are also available from the linked page.