DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-6533-18
title: National Diet and Nutrition Survey Years 1-11, 2008-2019
title: National Diet and Nutrition Surveys
title: NDNS RP

description: &lt;p&gt;The National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) Rolling Programme (RP) began in 2008 and is designed to assess the diet, nutrient intake and nutritional status of the general population aged 1.5 years and over living in private households in the UK. (For details of the previous NDNS series, which began in 1992, see the documentation for studies 3481, 4036, 4243 and 5140.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The NDNS RP is funded by Public Health England (PHE), an executive agency of the Department of Health, and the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) and is currently carried out by a consortium comprising NatCen Social Research (NatCen) and the National Institute of Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR BRC). Scientific leadership for the RP from Year 11 (2018/19) transferred to NIHR BRC from the Medical Research Council Elsie Widdowson Laboratory (MRC EWL).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The NDNS RP provides the only source of high quality, nationally representative UK data on the types and quantities of foods consumed by individuals, from which estimates of nutrient intake for the population are derived. Results are used by Government to develop policy and monitor progress toward diet and nutrition objectives of UK Health Departments, for example work to tackle obesity and monitor progress towards a healthy, balanced diet as visually depicted in the &lt;a title="Eatwell Guide" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-eatwell-guide"&gt;Eatwell Guide&lt;/a&gt;. The NDNS RP provides an important source of evidence underpinning the &lt;a title="Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/scientific-advisory-committee-on-nutrition"&gt;Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition&lt;/a&gt; (SACN) work relating to national nutrition policy. The food consumption data are also used by the FSA to assess exposure to chemicals in food, as part of the risk assessment and communication process in response to a food emergency or to inform negotiations on setting regulatory limits for contaminants.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Further information is available from the gov.uk &lt;a title="National Diet and Nutrition Survey" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-diet-and-nutrition-survey"&gt;National Diet and Nutrition Survey&lt;/a&gt; webpage.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The study currently includes data and documentation covering Years 1-11 of the NDNS RP.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Latest edition information&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;For the 18th edition (July 2021) three changes have been made. Firstly, IMD variables for England, Northern Ireland, Wales, and Scotland, for all the years that IMD is available, have been added to the Years 1-11 individual files to facilitate cross-year analysis. Secondly, child physical activity variables that were previously not included for Years 6-11 have also been added to the individual files. Thirdly, nutrient databank files for Years 10 and 11 have been added to the study.&lt;/p&gt;