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United Kingdom National Diet and Nutrition Survey: Young People Aged 4 to 18 Years 1997 - UK Data Service

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General Info
Provider 
UK Data Service
Microdata access: Register
Geography 
United Kingdom (GBR)
England, Scotland, Wales
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
01/1997 - 12/1997
Series or system 
United Kingdom National Diet and Nutrition Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Individual
  • Interview
Summary 

This 1997 National Diet and Nutrition Study collected diet and health information from children aged 4 to 18. The survey consisted of two main parts, a diet and nutrition survey and an oral health survey. 

In addition to a face-to-face interview, data were collected through a 7-day food diary, physical activity diary, anthropometric measurements, and samples of blood and urine.

Keywords 
Alcohol use, Allergies, Anemia, Anthropometry, Aplastic and other non-nutritional anemias, Asthma, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Calcium, Caloric intake, Child anthropometry, Cholesterol, Diet, Dietary fiber, Dietary protein, Dietary sodium, Dietary sugar, Disability, Drug consumption, Eczema, Education, Employment, Secondhand smoke, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family size, Fluoride, Fruits, Fruits and vegetables, Glomerular filtration rate, Health care use, Health status, Height, Hemoglobin, Hemolytic anemias, Hospitals, Income, Iron, Iron supplements, Legumes, Leisure activities, Medicines, Menstruation, Micronutrient supplements, Migraine, Milk, Nuts, Oral conditions, Pesticides, Physical activity, Prescriptions, Prevalence, Processed foods, Processed meats, Public social assistance, School enrollment, Social class, Sugar-sweetened beverages, Symptoms, Tobacco smoking, Transportation, Unprocessed red meat, Urine tests, Vegetables, Weight, Young adults, Zinc, Chronic kidney diseases, Whole grains, Body mass index, Meat
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 23, 2023