Short project description
The Danish National Survey of Dietary Habits and Physical Activity has been an essential part of the system for monitoring Danish Foods established by the National Food Agency in 1983. The purpose of the survey is to provide nutritional information as a basis for evaluation of the nutritional status of the Danish population. In addition, the survey is aimed at securing safety of the diet and improving public health in Denmark by following trends in the nutritional status and physical activity within the general population.
Further aims of the survey are to identify social groups with health risk behaviour to be considered for health promotion initiatives, and analyse determinants of dietary habits and physical activity. The data will also be used in epidemiological research to study the association between lifestyle and health.
Since year 2000 data on physical activity has also been collected in the survey. The purpose of giving physical activity a higher priority was:
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To draw more attention to the association between diet, physical activity and health, particularly in connection with overweight |
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To monitor temporal trends and patterns of dietary habits as well as physical activity within the Danish population |
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To get a more valid estimate of the physical activity level to identify underreporters of dietary intake |
Project period
Collection and publication of data has been an ongoing process since year 2000.
Project funding
Internal funding at DTU Food
Project participants
External collaboration:
The Danish National Institute of Social Research
SFI-Survey
National Food Institute:
Researcher Anja Biltoft-Jensen
Researcher Tue Christensen
Researcher Sisse Fagt
System programmer Henrik Hartkopp
It-officer Hanne-Jette Hinsch
Post doc Vibeke Kildegaard Knudsen
IT-officer Karsten Kørup
Researcher Jeppe Matthiessen
Project Researcher Berit Worm Rothausen
Research assistant Mette Rosenlund Sørensen
Deputy head of division Ellen Trolle
Dietician Karin Hess Ygil
Project manager
Senior researcher Margit Velsing Groth
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