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**Background**    The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey provides estimates of the health of    Americans by examining a sample of people who represent the American population. To    accomplish this, medical staff and other professionals travel across the U.S. in specially    equipped mobile examination centers.

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This page last reviewed March 17, 2000**U.S.    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESCenters    for Disease Control and Prevention    National Center for Health Statistics    Division of Data Services
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