Documentation for the Revised Total Diet Study: Food List and Diets

摘要

This manuscript documents the selection of the foods and diets for the Food and Drug Administration's revised Total Diet Study Program, which was implemented in March 1982. The selection of the foods and diets was based on data from two national food consumption surveys (the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey II and the Nationwide Food Consumption Survey, 1977-78). Two hundred thirty-four foods were selected to represent the U.S. food supply, and diets containing these foods were developed for eight age-sex groups. The foods will be purchased annually in several grocery stores across the country and analyzed for some essential minerals and contaminants. The mineral and contaminant content of the age-sex group diets will then be estimated.