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REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP ON MONITORING SCOTTISH DIETARY TARGETS
Appendix 3: Monitoring the Scottish Diet Action Plan Targets - Review of National Surveys and ScoTTISH RESEARCH STUDIES
A.3.1 The Working Group on Monitoring Scottish Dietary Targets commissioned a review of the diet and health surveys currently taking place in Scotland and the UK. The report was complied by Dr Wendy Wrieden (University of Dundee), Mrs Heather Peace (University of Aberdeen), Mrs Julie Armstrong (Glasgow Caledonian University) and Ms. Karen Barton (University of Dundee).
A.3.2 The report is structured as follows:
Section 1 National Food and Dietary Surveys including: the EFS, the NDNS of adults, people aged 65 and over, young people aged 4 to 18 years and children aged 1 - to 4 - years, the LIDNS, the Irish Food and Consumption Survey and the dietary analysis of the TNS Super-Panel data.
Section 2 National Health Surveys of Scotland and England, and the Health and Health Behaviours of Scottish Schoolchildren.
Section 3 Scottish Health and Lifestyle Surveys carried out by Local NHS Boards.
Section 4 Research Studies. This includes ongoing studies and studies published within the last 5 years. This search has been conducted as widely as time allows and only the largest / most relevant included in the report (e.g. cohort studies).
Section 5 Market Research relevant to dietary monitoring.
A.3.3 The information for the published surveys was extracted using the headings given in Section 4 of the Working Group report. The information for research studies was gathered from a literature search and through contacting researchers in university departments, research institutes and the Medical Research Council (MRC) Social and Public Health Sciences Unit. The market research information was gathered through contacts with TNS, Data Monitor, the Seafish Industry, the Meat and Livestock Commission, Quality Meat Scotland and the Food and Drink Federation.
A.3.4 The summary tables from the report
'Monitoring the Scottish Diet Action Plan Targets - review of national dietary surveys and Scottish research studies' are included on the following pages and the full report is available from the FSA library, Aviation House, London or
www.food.gov.uk.
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