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| General Information |
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| National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
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 | What We Eat in America, NHANES
USDA. ARS. Food Surveys Research Group.
What We Eat in America is the dietary interview component of NHANES. This page links to overview information and survey data. |
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| Data Sets and Related Documentation
DHHS. CDC. National Center for Health Statistics.
Provides data from NHANES I, II and III, Hispanic HANES, NHES I, II, and III, as well as analytic guidelines. |
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| Pyramid Servings Product Downloads
USDA. ARS. Community Nutrition Research Group.
Provides Pyramid servings data as found in the What We Eat In America, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2001-2002 and the NHANES 1999-2000, as well as in the Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSFII) 1994-96 and 1998. Includes daily intake per individual and number of servings provided by each food eaten per individual. |
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| Community Nutrition Mapping Project |
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| Community Nutrition Map
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
Drawing from a number of surveys, this interactive map provides a picture of food and nutrition indicators at the regional and state levels. |
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| Community Nutrition Map Gallery
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
Drawing on a number of nutrition surveys, this resource shows the percentage of individuals meeting various nutrient and dietary recommendations as well as the percentage using dietary supplements on a state by state by state basis. |
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| Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
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 | Information About the BRFSS
DHHS. CDC. National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
Describes the BRFSS, a telephone survey that tracks health risks and behavior in the United States. Health behaviors tracked include several related to nutrition, physical activity, weight control and women's health. This page includes Frequently Asked Questions about how the survey is conducted and public use of the questionnaires and data. |
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| Survey Data Files & Questionnaires
DHHS. CDC. National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
Links to questionnaires and results from the BRFSS, a telephone survey that tracks health risks in the United States. |
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| BRFSS Interactive Databases
DHHS. CDC. National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
Look up health risk prevalence data and trends by state or for the United States as a whole. |
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| Healthy People |
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| Healthy People 2010
DHHS. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
Healthy People 2010 is a comprehensive set of disease prevention and health promotion objectives for the U.S. Focus areas for which objectives are set include nutrition and overweight, food safety, physical activity and fitness and many others. The program draws on a variety of data sources to gauge progress towards meeting the goals. See data on progress toward these goals. |
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| Other Survey Data |
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| America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2005
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.
A biennial report to the Nation on the condition of children in America. Nine contextual measures describe the changing population, family, and environmental context in which children are living, and 25 indicators depict the well-being of children in the areas of economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education. Includes information on food security and diet quality. |
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| China Health and Nutrition Survey
University of North Carolina. Carolina Population Center; National Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety; Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Ready to use cross-sectional data from the 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000, and 2004 China Health and Nutrition Survey. |
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 | FastStats A to Z
DHHS. CDC. National Center for Health Statistics.
Provides quick access to statistics on topics of public health importance and is organized alphabetically. |
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| FSIS National Residue Program Data - The "Red Book"
USDA. Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Presents the FSIS National Residue Program (NRP) data by year. NRP is a multi-component analytical testing program for detecting residues (drugs, pesticides and environmental contaminants) in meat, poultry, and egg products. |
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| Health Poll Search - Kaisernetwork.org
Kaiser Family Foundation; University of Connecticut. Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
Searchable archive of American public opinion questions on health issues. |
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 | Kids Count
Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Offers four data systems that allow creation of free, customized data reports, including state-level data for nearly 100 measures of child well-being. |
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 | Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System (PDF|315 KB)
DHHS. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System (PedNSS) and the Pregnancy Surveillance System (PNSS) are program-based surveillance systems that monitor the nutritional status of low-income infants, children, and women in federally funded maternal and child health programs. |
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| USDA Food Surveys from 1998 and Earlier
USDA. ARS. Food Surveys Research Group.
Find data and questionnaires from several surveys including the
Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals and the Diet and Health Knowledge Survey. |
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| USDA Healthy Eating Index Data
USDA. Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion.
Currently being revised to incorporate the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and MyPyramid, the HEI is a summary measure of overall diet quality. |
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Last Modified: Feb 27, 2009 |
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