Download or read book Dietary Intake Source Data, United States, 1971-74 written by National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: This survey, conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, is the third report of data on dietary intake in the Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HANES) program. Data was obtained by dietary interview during 1971-1974 to assess nutritional status of the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population aged 1-74 years. A single day's intake of calories and selected nutrients in a sample of 28,043 persons, representative of the total U.S. population, is presented in tables of cumulative percent distributions by age for sex, race and income level. Other tables give statistical analyses. The data provide comparisons with dietary standards and are a source of basic nutritional information on the American population.