Category: nutrition surveys

Adults’ daily protein intake much more than recommended

March is National Nutrition month, making it a great time to look at where America stands in its nutrition and diet. One important nutrient is protein, which is essential to the human body because it is part of every cell, issue, and organ, allowing them to grow and repair. Proteins can be found in a Read More >

March 3, 2010 by NCHS3 Comments

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dietary recommendations, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, NHANES, nutrition, nutrition surveys, protein

New height, weight, and BMI tables available

This report presents national anthropometric reference data for all ages of the U.S. population in 2003–2006, adding to results published previously from 1960–2002. These latest NHANES data add to the knowledge about trends in child growth and development and trends in the distribution of body measurements, such as weight and height, in the U.S. population. Read More >

October 29, 2008 by NCHS

body mass index

anthropometry, body measures, children, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, NHANES, nutrition surveys, obesity, Overweight