Canadian Community Health Survey, 2004: Cycle 2.2, Nutrition General Health Component

The Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) is a cross-sectional survey that collects information related to health status, health care utilization and health determinants for the Canadian population. The CCHS operates on a two-year collection cycle. The first year of the survey cycle 1 is a large sample, general population health survey, designed to provide reliable estimates at the health region level. The second year of the survey cycle 2 is a smaller survey designed to provide provincial level results on specific focused health topics. <br> This Microdata File contains data collected in the fourth year of collection for the CCHS (Cycle 2.2). Information was collected between January 2004 and January 2005 in the ten provinces. The CCHS (Cycle 2.2) collected responses from persons of all ages, living in private occupied dwellings. Excluded from the sampling frame were individuals living in the three Territories, on Indian Reserves and on Crown Lands, institutional residents, full-time members of the Canadian Forces, and residents of certain remote regions. <br> The primary goal of the Nutrition Survey is to provide reliable, timely information about dietary intake, nutritional well-being and their key determinants to inform and guide programs, policies and activities of federal and provincial governments and local health agencies. The main objectives of the survey include: estimating the distribution of usual dietary intake in terms of foods, food groups, dietary supplements, nutrients and eating patterns among a representative sample of Canadians at national and provincial levels; gathering physical measurements for accurate body weight assessment; measuring the prevalence of household food insecurity; collecting data on selected health conditions and socio-economic and demographic characteristics of respondents.