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Overview and Summary Recommendations
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... are used and to make recommendations on survey design that would facilitate wider application of survey data. Within the framework of the original request, the Committee incorporated into its study-a review of and recommendations for the dietary component of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
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From page 4...
... Data users also wanted the surveys to provide even more data than they do now and even more specific data than are now provided on public data tapes. Users recommended that the survey data bases provide highly detailed information not only about foods themselves , but also about their nutrients, added substances, and con taminants .
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From page 5...
... would provide information needed to assess the foodand nutrition-related risks to health that may be amenable to intervention. An improved data collection system is needed to ensure the effective conjoint use of the separate survey data bases needed for a system of nationwide food and nutrition monitoring.
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From page 6...
... The Committee has suggested a list of questions which should be addressed for each priority use to assure that the surveys provide the prerequis ite specificity and reliability of in forma t ion for that use . The NFCS Individual Dietary Intake component and the NHANES should be redes igned as continuous surveys with data collection from the total sample distributed over a number of years.
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... A wider effort should be made to educate developers and users of various data bases about analytic methods and data interpretation (e.g., users of the food consumption and dietary intake survey data)
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... Interagency efforts should be undertaken to develop a system to provide continuing information to data users, including information on the use of modern bibliographic systems, development of feedback systems for data users and collectors, and an educational system for data users. CONTINUING EVALUATIVE PROCESSES The Committee has suggested, in Appendix A, a process for assessing implications of future design modifications of the NFCS and the NHANES.
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  • food ingredients
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  • nonnutritive food
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