Nutritional Status Monitoring in the U.S. over 45 years in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES): Updates and Challenges

San Diego Convention Center, Room 31ABC

Tuesday, April 05, 2016
8:00 AM–10:00 AM

Chairs

Namanjeet Ahluwalia, PhD, DSc, CDC, National Center for Health Statistics
Carol J. Boushey, PhD, University of Hawaii Cancer Center

Presentations

NHANES in Monitoring Nation’s Health and Nutrition: Setting the Stage.
Namanjeet Ahluwalia, PhD, DSc, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics

Data Collection, Database Updates, and Findings from the What We Eat in America (WWEIA) Component of the NHANES.
Alanna J. Moshfegh, MS, RD, USDA – Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center

Dietary Supplements: Data Collection, Databases, Total Intakes, and Trends in the U.S.
Jaime J. Gahche, MPH, CDC, National Center for Health Statistics
Regan Bailey, PhD, MPH, RD, NIH Office of Dietary Supplements and Purdue University

Monitoring of Nutritional Status in NHANES through Blood and Urine Biomarkers.
Christine M. Pfeiffer, PhD, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

Statistical Approaches for Modeling Usual Intake Using NHANES Data.
Kevin W. Dodd, PhD, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute