National Food and Dietary Surveys |
Survey
Description | Location | Date | Age Group/ Gender/ Status | Scottish sample (number of respondents) | Methodology | Checklist | Future of Survey |
Expenditure and Food Survey
This is a household survey based on food purchase data. | UK | Annually 2001 onwards.
(Previously the National Food Survey ran from 1940-2000.) | Households and individuals aged 7 years and over. | Details of methodology, including details of Scottish sample, to be published in March 2004. | Household food purchases (with till receipts) recorded in individual two-week diaries for each household member aged 7 years of age and over. |  Food frequencies
Food quantities
Macronutrients
Micronutrients
Time of day
Food group
| Survey ongoing. |
NDNS adults
Aim is to provide detailed quantitative information on the current dietary behaviour, nutritional status and oral health.
Adults living in private households in Great Britain. | GB | 2000/2001 | 19-64
Males and females. | 123 weighed food diaries. | Weighed Food Record 7 days.
Plus interview on usual dietary behaviour (n=191). | Food frequencies
Food quantities
Macronutrients
Micronutrients
Time of day
Food group | NDNS programme currently under review. |
NDNS young people
Aim is to provide detailed quantitative information on the current dietary behaviour, nutritional status and oral health.
Young people living in private households in Great Britain. | GB | 1997 | 4-18
Males and females. | 137 weighed food diaries. | Weighed Food Record
7 days. | Food frequencies
Food quantities
Macronutrients
Micronutrients
Time of day
Food group | NDNS programme currently under review. |
NDNS older people
Aim is to provide detailed quantitative information on the current dietary behaviour, nutritional status and oral health.
People aged 65 years and over (older adults) both in the community and in institutions. | GB | 1994/1995 | 65-85+
Males and females. | 102 (free-living) but results in report combined with North of England. | Weighed Food Record 4 days.
Weighting factors used to correct for sex, age, people living alone and different co-operation rates. | Food frequencies
Food quantities
Macronutrients
Micronutrients
Time of day
Food group | NDNS programme currently under review. |
NDNS children aged 1 1/2 to 4 1/2
Aim is to provide detailed quantitative information on the current dietary behaviour, nutritional status and oral health.
Pre-school children living in private households. | GB | 1992/1993 | 1 1/2 to 4 1/2
Males and females. | 165 | 4-day weighed record (weighted to give estimate for 7 days). | Food frequencies
Food quantities
Macronutrients
Micronutrients
Time of day
Food group | NDNS programme currently under review. |
Low Income and Diet Survey (LIDNS)
Aims to provide detailed quantitative information on the food and nutrient intakes, sources of nutrients and nutritional status of low-income groups, in relation to their socio-economic and deprivation status. | UK | Feasibility study 2002, main study
2003-2004.
Report due 2006. | 2 years +
Males and females. | Minimum of 400. | Multiple pass 24 hour recalls on
4 non-consecutive days (including weekends and selected to reflect benefit cycles). | Food frequencies
Food quantities
Macronutrients
Micronutrients
Time of day
Food group. | Survey currently underway |
TNS Superpanel
Feasibility study to determine if the TNS superpanel data could be used for nutritional surveillance. | GB
Nationally representative sample of households. | 1991-2000 | Household based survey. | 2865 | Households record all their purchases for in home consumption-includes most foods including both packaged grocery and fresh foods. Data is collected twice weekly via electronic terminals in the home, with purchases being recorded via home-scanning technology.
Product description data for over 39,000 food items was converted into estimates of energy and nutrient content. | Food frequencies
Food quantities
Macronutrients
Micronutrients
Time of day
Food group
For in-house consumption - records approximately 70% of intake. | Survey ongoing. |
North /South Ireland Food Consumption Study | Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland | 1997-1999 | 18-64 Males and females (pregnant and lactating women excluded). | 662 men and 717 women completed food diary- response rate of 63% | 7 day non-weighed diary with additional questionnaires used to complement and interpret the food diary data.
(No blood sampling.) | Food frequencies
Food quantities
Macronutrients
Micronutrients
Time of day
Food group | Survey complete. |