Supplementary table 2: Country level surveys
Study
Year
study
began
Purpose
Number
of
countries
Region
Number of
participants
(approximate)
Age or
age
groups
(years)
2-16
Frequency
of data
collection
Variables measured
ANCNPAS1
2007
To assess food and nutrient
intake, physical activity
participation and to measure
weight, height, and waist
circumference in Australian
children.
1
Australia
4 487
Crosssectional,
once
5 700 per
cycle
(planned)
3-79
Biennial
Dietary intake (24-hour
food recall), physical
activity (48-hour time use
survey, pedometer),
anthropometric (height,
weight, waist
circumference)
Physical (height, weight,
waist circumference,
skinfolds, BP, blood
measures, spirometery,
urine measures); fitness
(mCAFT), activity
(accelerometry); household
questionnaire (education
status, general health,
demographics, SB, PA,
dietary intake)
CHMS2,3
2007
1
Canada
CHNS4
1989
To create national baseline data
on the extent of such major
health concerns as obesity,
hypertension, cardiovascular
disease, exposure to infectious
diseases, and exposure to
environmental contaminants. The
CHMS will enable us to determine
relationships between disease risk
factors and health status, and to
explore emerging public health
issues.
To examine the effects of the
health, nutrition, and family
planning policies and programs
implemented by national and
local governments and to see how
the social and economic
transformation of Chinese society
is affecting the health and
nutritional status of its population
1
China
19 000 to date
All ages
Not
specified
ENSIN
2008
To estimate the prevalence of
major nutritional problems
affecting the Colombian
population and some of its
determinants, which provide
important information to support
1
Colombia
50 670
households
contacted
0-64
2008-2010
Household survey; adult
survey (physical activity,
SES, education,
occupation); child survey
(physical activity,
school/work status,
maturation); nutrition
survey (3-d food recall,
snack frequency);
community survey
(demographics, family
members); physical (height,
weight, blood samples,
ethnicity)
Food safety, biochemical
indicators, breastfeeding,
PA (self-report), TV/video
(self-report),
anthropometry
Designed to be
nationally
representative
(yes/no)
Yes (except for
those living in
remote areas,
or of
Indigenous
origin)
Yes
Yes
Yes
HBSC5
1982
MSC6
NHANES7
policy making
To gain new insight into, and
increase our understanding of
young people’s health and wellbeing, health behaviours, and
their social context
43
Multi-disciplinary research project
following the lives of children
born in the U.K. between 20002002. It is the most recent of
Britain’s national birth cohort
studies.
1999
To assess the health and
nutritional status of adults and
children in the United States
1
Europe,
Canada,
U.S.
4 500 per
country
(planned)
11, 13,
15
Crosssectional,
every 4
years
U.K.
(England,
Scotland,
Wales,
Northern
Ireland)
18 818
singleton
children
7-8
U.S.
5 000 per
cycle
(planned)
>2
Cohort
with data
collection
at ages
9months,
and 3, 5, 7,
11, 14
years
Biennial
Background (demographics
and maturation); social
(family structure, SES);
individual and social
resources (body image,
family support, peers,
school environment);
health behaviours (PA, diet,
smoking, alcohol, cannabis,
sexual behaviour, violence,
bullying, injuries); health
outcomes (symptoms, life
satisfaction, self-reported
health, BMI)
Social demographic (homebased interview), child’s
age, gender, ethnicity,
maternal occupation, family
structure, country of
residence; accelerometer
measured physical activity
and sedentary behaviour.
Family questionnaire
(demographic background,
occupation, housing,
smoking, consumer
behaviour, income, food
security); sample person
questionnaire
(demographics, physical
measurements, occupation,
health care usage,
PA/fitness); diet (24-hr food
recall); PA (accelerometer)
No
Yes
Yes
ANCNPAS: Australian National Children's Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey; CHMS: Canadian Health Measures Survey; CHNS: China Health and Nutrition Survey; ENERGY: EuropeaN Energy
balance Research to prevent excessive weight Gain among Youth; ENSIN: Encuesta Nacional de la Situación Nutricional (National Survey of Nutritional Status); EYHS: European Youth Heart
Study; IDEFICS: identification and prevention of dietary- and lifestyle induced health effects in children and infants; HBSC: Health Behaviour in School-aged Children; HELENA: Healthy Lifestyle
in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescents; MSC: Millennium Cohort Study; NHANES: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
*A study was deemed nationally representative if it was stated as such on the study website, or published protocol and/or explicit details on weighting of participants demographics was
provided
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