Measure Source

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends (CFACT), Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS).

Tables

1.74a Percent of children age 2-17 for whom a doctor or other health provider gave advice about eating healthy, United States, 2002

1.74b Percent of children age 2-17 for whom a doctor or other health provider gave advice about eating healthy, United States, 2001.

Data Source

AHRQ, MEPS.

Denominator

Children age 2-17 for the "Ever given advice" estimates, excluding nonrespondents to the question, "Has a doctor or other health provider ever given advice about eating healthy?" "Don't know" responses to the question of when the advice was given were further excluded for the "within the past year" and "within the past 2 years" estimates.

Numerator

Children age 2-17 for whom a doctor or other health provider had ever given advice about eating healthy for the "Ever given advice" estimates. Children who were given the advice within the past year for "Within the past year" estimates. Children who were given the advice within the past year or 2 years for "Within the past 2 years" estimates.