School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study (SNDA) III: Data Collection Package

SNDA-III is a study, currently underway, to collect and analyze data from a nationally representative sample of public schools participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and students in those schools in order to examine a range of topics on program operations and outcomes. Data for the study was collected in 2005, and is currently being analyzed. A final report should be available early 2007.

Because the Food and Nutrition Service has received a number of inquiries regarding the instruments and methods used to collect data in the study, we are making public the document submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to seek approval to collect SNDA-III data. Agencies are required to submit this document which includes proposed instruments and receive approval from the OMB before any data collection can occur.

Note that while the instruments used to collect data are included in this file, no data, analysis, or findings from the study are yet available. As noted above, the SNDA-III report should be available early 2007.

Last modified: 12/04/2008