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Appendix B: Summary, Second Meeting, June 14, 2018
Pages 159-174

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From page 159...
... use of specialized modules added to federal surveys; and (iv) a FoodAPS-2 status update along with the perspectives of data users and stakeholders.
From page 160...
... -- Household panel data, including scanner data used in the ERS Q ­ uarterly Food at Home Price Database; • IRI InfoScan (2007–2017) -- Retail scanner data; used in the ERS Quarterly Food at Home Price Database; and • Nielsen Homescan (1998–2010)
From page 161...
... Similarly, store characteristics data sources, such as TDLinx, National Economic Time Series (NETS) ,2 and ReCount, offer detail on retail and food service establishments, including location and sales and employment information for each store.
From page 162...
... NPD Group has a number of food industry databases, and Hanson and Lesce summarized four: National Eating Trends, NPD's consumer database with 19,000 respondents and food consumption data for at-home and awayfrom-home eating; Eating Patterns in America, NPD's annual analysis of the state of food and drink consumption in the United States with long-term and emerging trends; ReCount (used by ERS) , a census of food service locations (650,000 restaurants, 130,000 convenience stores, and 450,000 noncommercial locations)
From page 163...
... This data source augments the USDA National Nutrient Database4 with nutrient composition and ingredient information on branded and store-brand food products provided by the food industry. The Branded Food Products Database project is a public-private partnership initiated by former undersecretary of USDA, Catherine Woteki.
From page 164...
... . For the loss-adjusted food availability database, future work includes building in more timely updates, expanding the number of commodities in the FICRCD, and converting food acquisition to retail commodities databases for FoodAPS (databases that capture purchases rather than consumption.)
From page 165...
... B.3. USE OF SPECIALIZED MODULES ADDED TO FEDERAL SURVEYS ERS has actively expanded its Consumer Food Data System (CFDS)
From page 166...
... Alisha Coleman-Jensen of ERS provided an overview of the Food Security Survey Module, describing different versions that have been used and the federal surveys onto which it has been added.7 She also discussed research applications of the module. Coleman-Jensen said that a typical definition of food insecurity stipulates that the household is unable, at some time during the year, to provide adequate food for one or more of its members due to a lack of resources.
From page 167...
... The survey targeted four groups, defined in terms of participation in SNAP and total reported household income.9 Sampling plan changes from FoodAPS-1 involved increasing the WIC domain's effective sample size and creating WIC/SNAP likely-eligible flags. Other goals included improving data on children (by increasing representation)
From page 168...
... The literature review and data user survey demonstrated how FoodAPS has filled data gaps about food access and nutritional quality of food choices. Both information sources revealed that researchers largely were motivated to use FoodAPS for its high-quality, detailed coverage of food acquisitions and purchases, the food retail environment, and SNAP participation.
From page 169...
... Next, Susan Krebs-Smith of the National Cancer Institute spoke about the use of data from USDA's Consumer Food Data System for health research. Her main topic was the HEI, designed to assess diet quality by showing how well any set of foods comports with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
From page 170...
... Constructing the HEI for food consumption data from NHANES requires the Food Patterns Equivalent Database and the Nutrient Database. Crosswalk databases are still needed for food processing establishments and for the community food environment.
From page 171...
... Online shopping will become an important form of food acquisition. Laurie May and Tom Krenzke agreed, noting that they think in 2 years most food items will be available online.
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... 9:00 Welcome, introductions, overview of agenda, goals for the meet ing and the study - Bitler, Chair Marianne - Jay Variyam, Mark Denbaly, ERS 9:15 Proprietary data used by (or of interest to) ERS  This session will build on the April 16 presentation by Me gan Sweitzer and David Levin (ERS)
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... N TDLinx is a store/outlet-level database of retailers selling consumer packaged goods, including food. - Joseph Fortson, Nielsen • Panel questions and comments, open discussion Combining data sources to advance food and nutrition policy 10:45  and research •  he USDA Branded Food Products Database.
From page 174...
... Using the Healthy Eating Index to assess the diet quality of the food supply chain - Susan Krebs-Smith, National Cancer Institute -  Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) -- How does FNS use the information put out by CFDS, and for what purpose?


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