Assessing Changing Food Consumption Patterns -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Characteristics of a System for Measuring Food Consumption Patterns -- Relating Food Consumption Data and Nutritional Status Data -- The Proposed System -- FOOD INTAKE OF INDIVIDUALS�SUBSYSTEM I -- Measurement of Food Intake -- Sampling -- Data Base Requirements -- Coding and Data Analysis -- HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR DATA�SUBSYSTEM II -- AGGREGATE FOOD DATA�SUBSYSTEM III -- IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TOTAL SYSTEM -- Some Study Design Characteristics
DIETARY METHODOLOGYESTIMATION OF USUAL INTAKES -- ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS -- RELATIONSHIP OF FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS TO HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS -- Data Base Requirements -- FOOD COMPOSITION DATA -- Coding System -- Nutrient Requirement Estimates -- AGGREGATE DATA -- HEALTH STATUS DATA BASES -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A Background Papers for Workshop on Methods for the Collection of Aggregate Data on Food Consumption -- THE FOOD SYSTEM: AN OVERVIEW -- DATA FOR PRICE ANALYSIS -- THE 1938 AGRICULTURAL LAW
HOUSEHOLD FOOD CONSUMPTION SURVEYSFOOD DIARIES -- PREOCCUPATION WITH WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION DATA -- INSTITUTIONAL FOOD CONSUMPTION -- REID, BURK, STIEBLING, AND OMAR KHAYAM -- MEASUREMENT AND FORECASTING OF FOOD CONSUMPTION BY USDA -- INTRODUCTION -- THE SYSTEM FOR MEASURING CONSUMPTION -- THE DATA�SOURCES AND QUALITY -- NUTRITIVE VALUE OF THE FOOD SUPPLY -- EXPENDITURES -- FORECASTING -- DETERMINANTS OF CONSUMPTION AND DEMAND -- Sources of Change, 1954�76 -- Highly Processed Foods -- DATA GAPS -- Stocks -- Expenditures -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES
Aggregate Measures of Food ConsumptionA.C. NIELSEN COMPANY SERVICES -- APPENDIX B Background Papers for Workshop on Evaluation of Methods for Obtaining Food Consumption Data -- DIETARY METHODOLOGY -- STATE OF THE ART -- DIETARY STATUS, NOT NUTRITIONAL STATUS -- AREAS IN WHICH WORK IS STILL NEEDED -- WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED; DECISIONS TO BE MADE -- NECESSITY FOR PRETESTING METHODOLOGY -- TYPES OF METHODS AVAILABLE -- Household or Institution Methods -- Individual Methods -- FACTORS INVOLVED IN CHOICE OF METHODS OR STATE OF THE ART WITH REGARD TO EACH METHOD
Food AccountsFood Records -- Food List or List Recall -- INDIVIDUAL METHODS -- Recall -- Records (Estimated) -- Dietary History -- FOOD FREQUENCY METHOD FOR RECALL OR PAST FOOD INTAKE -- WEIGHED RECORD METHOD -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY -- MAIL DIARY METHOD FOR COLLECTING FOOD PURCHASING AND FOOD USAGE INFORMATION FROM CONSUMER PANELS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE NATIONAL CONSUMER PANEL -- Objectives -- Sample Design and Maintenance -- Compensation -- Weekly Diaries and Other Questionnaires -- Data Transcription and Editing -- Reports
Summary
The Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences under contract from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was charged to study the sources of data on food consumption and to suggest a system for integrating these data with data on nutrition and health status
