NHANES 2005 - 2006 Dietary Files

Data files can be opened and converted to other formats using the free SAS Viewer.

• About the New Dietary Files Webpage

  In order to make access to dietary data more convenient, we have moved all dietary files to this webpage. This page provides data collected from participants on their dietary intake, which includes foods, beverages and dietary supplements.

• Dietary Variable List
• NHANES Dietary Tutorial
• Dietary Interviewer Procedure Manual - In Person Procedure Manual [PDF - 7 MB]
• Dietary Interviewer Procedure Manual - Phone Followup Procedure Manual [PDF - 4.4 MB]
• Measuring Guides for the Dietary Recall Interview
• Dietary Recall [PDF - 45 KB]
• Dietary Supplements and Prescription Medication Questionnaire [PDF - 97 KB]
• Food Frequency Questionnaire (formerly called Food Propensity) [PDF - 1 MB]
• Merge Code Example [TXT - 2KB]

 

• Dietary Interview (Documentation) (July, 2008)
  • Dietary Interview - Individual Foods, First Day (Data [XPT - 93.1 MB], Food Codes [XPT - 1.8 MB], Modification Codes [XPT - 327 KB], Codebook) (July, 2008)
  • Dietary Interview - Individual Foods, Second Day (Data [XPT - 88 MB], Food Codes [XPT - 1.8 MB], Modification Codes [XPT - 327 KB], Codebook) (July, 2008)
  • Dietary Interview - Total Nutrient Intakes, First Day (Data [XPT - 12.2 MB], Codebook) (July, 2008)
  • Dietary Interview - Total Nutrient Intakes, Second Day (Data [XPT - 6.5 MB], Codebook) (July, 2008)
• 30-Day Dietary Supplement Use (Documentation) (Updated July, 2009)
  • File 1: Supplement Counts (Data [XPT - 405 KB], Codebook) (Updated July, 2009)
  • File 2: Participant's Use of Supplement (Data [XPT - 663 KB], Codebook) (Updated July, 2009)
• Dietary Supplement Database (Documentation) (June, 2012)
  • Dietary Supplement Product Information (Data [XPT - 1.49 MB], Codebook) (June, 2012)
  • Dietary Supplement Blend Information (Data [XPT - 2.80 MB], Codebook) (June, 2012)
  • Dietary Supplement Ingredient Information (Data [XPT - 21.1 MB], Codebook) (June, 2012)
• Food Frequency Questionnaire – Output from DietCalc Software (Data [XPT - 18.5 MB], FFQ Var Codes [XPT - 31 KB], FFQ Food Codes [XPT - 44 KB], SAS Merge Code [TXT - 1 KB], Docs) (September, 2008)
• Food Frequency Questionnaire – Raw Questionnaire Responses (Data [XPT - 10.4 MB], Docs) (September, 2008)