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United Kingdom Dietary and Nutritional Survey of British Adults 1986-1987

General Info

Provider 
UK Data Service
Microdata access: Request
Geography 
United Kingdom (GBR)
England, Scotland, Wales
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
October, 1986 - August, 1987
Data type
Survey: Cross-sectional - Individual - Interview
Summary 

The Dietary and Nutritional Survey of British Adults 1986-1987 was a precursor to the National Diet and Nutrition Survey series, which was started in 1992-1993. Data was collected through face-to-face interivew, self-completed food diaries, anthropometric and blood pressure measurements, and samples of blood and urine from adults aged 18 to 64. 

Keywords 
Anemia, Anthropometry, Antibiotics, Antihypertensive drugs, Antimalarials, Aplastic and other non-nutritional anemias, Birth control pills, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Caloric intake, Cholesterol, Cholesterol tests, Contraceptives, Diet, Dietary fiber, Dietary protein, Dietary sodium, Dietary sugar, Drug consumption, Employment, Family composition, Family size, Fish, Fruits, Fruits and vegetables, Glomerular filtration rate, Health status, Height, Hemoglobin, Hemolytic anemias, Housing conditions, Iron supplements, Legumes, Marital status, Medicines, Micronutrient supplements, Milk, Nutrition, Nuts, Obesity, Occupations, Pregnancy, Prescriptions, Prevalence, Processed foods, Processed meats, Public social assistance, School enrollment, Social class, Sugar-sweetened beverages, Tobacco smoking, Unprocessed red meat, Urine tests, Vegetables, Vitamin A supplements, Weight, Working conditions, Zinc, Chronic kidney diseases, Calcium, Whole grains, Meat, Vitamin A deficiency, Micronutrients

Citation

Contributors 
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (United Kingdom)
Suggested citation 

Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. Social Survey Division, Dietary and Nutritional Survey of British Adults, 1986-1987 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], September 1991. SN: 2836, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-2836-1.


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