National Diet and Nutrition Survey Years 1-9, 2008/09-2016/17

<p>The study currently includes data and documentation covering Years 1-9 of the NDNS RP. <br><br>For the 13th edition (April 2019), data and documentation for year 9 have been added to the study; additionally, the school type variable ("schtype") has been added to the years 7-8 data.</p> <p>The National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) Rolling Programme (RP) began in 2008 and is designed to assess the diet, nutrient intake and nutritional statusof the general population aged 1.5 years and over living in private householdsin the UK. (For details of the previous NDNS series, which began in 1992, see the documentation for studies 3481, 4036, 4243 and 5140.)<br><br>The NDNS RP is funded by Public Health England (PHE), an executiveagency of the Department of Health, and the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) andis carried out by a consortium comprising NatCen Social Research (NatCen) and MRC Elsie Widdowson Laboratory (MRC EWL), formerly known as MRC Human NutritionResearch (HNR). Fieldwork in Northern Ireland is carried out by the NorthernIreland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA).<br>The NDNS RP provides the only source of high quality, nationally representative UK data on the types and quantities of foods consumed by individuals, from which estimates of nutrient intake for the population are derived. Results are used by Government to develop policy and monitor progress toward diet and nutrition objectives of UK Health Departments, for example work to tackle obesity and monitor progress towards a healthy, balanced diet as visually depicted in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-eatwell-guide">Eatwell Guide</a>. The NDNS RP provides an important source of evidence underpinning the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/scientific-advisory-committee-on-nutrition">Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition</a>'s (SACN) work relating to national nutrition policy. The food consumption data are also used by the FSA to assess exposure to chemicals in food, as part of the risk assessment and communication process in response to a food emergency or to inform negotiations on setting regulatory limits for contaminants.<br><br>Further information is available from the gov.uk <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-diet-and-nutrition-survey">National Diet and Nutrition Survey</a> webpage.<br><br></p>