Conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, designed to collect information about the health and diet of people in the United States.
A comprehensive population survey that included a detailed dietary questionnaire from which intakes were calculated in a sample of over 10,000 adults.
Data collected at intervals to document the usual types and amounts of food consumed as related to a variety of measurements of body size and body function. Assessments of health status are part of this survey.
A survey of the population of the U.S., conducted periodically by the National Center for Health Statistics, that reviews the height, weight, and nutritional habits of Americans (and other demographic, environmental, and socioeconomic variables) and links those data to health outcomes, such as the incidence of heart disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, obesity, osteoporosis, psychiatric illnesses, sexually transmitted illnesses, and stroke.