Canada Community Health Survey, Cycle 2.2, Nutrition 2004-2005

The Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), Cycle 2.2, Nutrition 2004 is the successor to the first Nutrition Canada survey conducted between October 1970 and October 1972. Designed to target the population of all persons aged 0 or above living in private dwellings in the 10 Canadian provinces (excluding the 3 territories), the survey includes over 35,000 respondents. Components of the survey include: household and education, general health, physical activities, sedentary activities, self-reported height and weight, vitamin and mineral supplements, measured height and weight, women's health, fruit and vegetable consumption, chronic conditions, tobacco and alcohol use, economic and physical access to food, employment, income, and sociodemographic characteristics.  Data collection utilized 24 hour recall. The report is available from Health Canada: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fnan/surveill/nutrition/index_e.html