2017-March 2020 Prepandemic What We Eat In America, NHANES Tables 1-36 and 41-56

Authors: Rhodes, Donna; Goldman, Joseph; Friday, James; MORTON, SUZANNE - American Society For Nutrition; Moshfegh, Alanna

Submitted to: Worldwide Web Site: Food Surveys Research Group
Publication Type: Research Technical Update
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/3/2022
Publication Date: 8/3/2022
Citation: Rhodes, D.G., Goldman, J.D., Friday, J.E., Morton, S., Moshfegh, A.J. 2022. 2017-March 2020 Prepandemic What We Eat In America, NHANES Tables 1-36 and 41-56. Worldwide Web Site: Food Surveys Research Group. Available: https://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=18349.

Interpretive Summary: Data tables summarizing dietary intakes of the U.S. population can readily be used by government groups, nutrition researchers, and the general public. The Food Surveys Research Group (FSRG) of the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center has analyzed dietary data from the What We Eat In America (WWEIA), National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2017-March 2020 prepandemic data files and developed tables summarizing nutrient intakes from foods and beverages. The 2017-March 2020 files represent a unique public-use data release from NHANES. The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic required suspension of data collection in March 2020. As a result, the partially completed NHANES 2019-2020 cycle was not nationally representative. Therefore, the 2019-March 2020 data were combined with the data from the 2017-2018 cycle to create the nationally representative 2017-March 2020 prepandemic data files. The data tables provide information on nutrient intakes as well as for percentages of nutrients contributed by foods eaten away from home, at breakfast, at lunch, at dinner and as snacks; distribution of snack occasions; and distribution of meal patterns. The table set also includes nutrient intakes from foods and beverages obtained from full service restaurants, quick service restaurants, and all restaurants. All tables are available on the FSRG website: www.ars.usda.gov/nea/bhnrc/fsrg. The availability and enhanced accessibility of these new tables are a benefit to users in need of current population-level information on nutrient intakes of Americans.

Technical Abstract: The Food Surveys Research Group (FSRG) of the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center has analyzed dietary data from the What We Eat In America (WWEIA), National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2017-March 2020 prepandemic data files and released summary data tables on nutrient intakes of the U.S. population. The 2017-March 2020 files represent a unique public-use data release from NHANES. The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic required suspension of data collection in March 2020. As a result, the partially completed NHANES 2019-2020 cycle was not nationally representative. Therefore, the 2019-March 2020 data were combined with the data from the 2017-2018 cycle to create the nationally representative 2017-March 2020 prepandemic data files. The data tables provide population estimates for the following: nutrient intakes from food and beverages for energy and 64 nutrients/dietary components; percentages of energy from macronutrients; percentages of selected nutrients contributed by foods eaten away from home, at breakfast, at lunch, at dinner and as snacks; distribution of snack occasions; and distributions of meal patterns. In addition, summary tables provide data on nutrient intakes per 1,000 kilocalories, and from foods and beverages obtained from full service restaurants, quick service restaurants, and all restaurants. Estimated means and standard errors are provided by age/gender, race/ethnicity and income as a percent of poverty threshold. In WWEIA, NHANES, dietary intakes are collected using the USDA 5-step Automated Multiple-Pass Method. All tables are available on the FSRG website: www.ars.usda.gov/nea/bhnrc/fsrg.