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French national dietary survey

France, 1998 - 2015
Reference ID
FRESH-PEF260-en
Producer(s)
Carine;DUBUISSON, Jean-Luc;VOLATIER
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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  • Identification
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Study activities
  • Quality standards
  • Data Access
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    FRESH-PEF260-en
    Title

    French national dietary survey
    Abbreviation or Acronym

    INCA1, INCA2, INCA3
    Country
    Name Country code
    France fr
    Kind of Data

    ['Clinical data','Participant-reported health data','Socio-demographic data']
    Unit of Analysis

    Individuals

    Scope

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary
    Endocrinology health theme
    Paediatrics health theme
    Socio-demographic and economic determinants health determinant
    Environmental determinants: Other health determinant
    Behavioral determinants health determinant
    Behavioral determinants: Eating habits health determinant
    Environmental determinants health determinant
    Keywords
    diet eating habits food supplements food safety nutrition

    Coverage

    Universe

    {
    "level_sex_clusion_I": [
    {
    "value": "Male",
    "concept": {
    "vocab": "MeSH",
    "vocabURI": "http:\/\/id.nlm.nih.gov\/mesh\/D008297"
    }
    },
    {
    "value": "Female",
    "concept": {
    "vocab": "MeSH",
    "vocabURI": "http:\/\/id.nlm.nih.gov\/mesh\/D005260"
    }
    }
    ],
    "level_age_clusion_I": [
    {
    "value": "Infant (28 days to 2 years)",
    "concept": {
    "vocab": "MeSH",
    "vocabURI": "http:\/\/id.nlm.nih.gov\/mesh\/D007223"
    }
    },
    {
    "value": "Child, Preschool (2 to 5 years)",
    "concept": {
    "vocab": "MeSH",
    "vocabURI": "http:\/\/id.nlm.nih.gov\/mesh\/D002675"
    }
    },
    {
    "value": "Child (6 to 12 years)",
    "concept": {
    "vocab": "MeSH",
    "vocabURI": "http:\/\/id.nlm.nih.gov\/mesh\/D002648"
    }
    },
    {
    "value": "Young Adult (19 to 24 years)",
    "concept": {
    "vocab": "MeSH",
    "vocabURI": "http:\/\/id.nlm.nih.gov\/mesh\/D055815"
    }
    },
    {
    "value": "Adult (25 to 44 years)",
    "concept": {
    "vocab": "MeSH",
    "vocabURI": "http:\/\/id.nlm.nih.gov\/mesh\/D000328"
    }
    },
    {
    "value": "Middle Aged (45 to 64 years)",
    "concept": {
    "vocab": "MeSH",
    "vocabURI": "http:\/\/id.nlm.nih.gov\/mesh\/D008875"
    }
    },
    {
    "value": "Aged (65 to 79 years)",
    "concept": {
    "vocab": "MeSH",
    "vocabURI": "http:\/\/id.nlm.nih.gov\/mesh\/D000368"
    }
    }
    ],
    "level_type_clusion_I": [
    "General population"
    ],
    "level_type_clusion_other": "",
    "clusion_I": "INCA1:The sample is made up of 1985 adults aged 15 years old and over and 1018 children aged 3 to 14 years old. Representativeness is ensured for mainland France (excluding Corsica).\nINCA2:The sample is made up of 2,624 adults aged 18 to 79 years old and 1,455 children aged 3 to 17 years old.\nRepresentativeness is ensured for mainland France (excluding Corsica).",
    "clusion_E": ""
    }

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Carine;DUBUISSON
    Jean-Luc;VOLATIER
    Producers
    Name Role
    AGENCE NATIONALE DE SECURITE SANITAIRE DE L ALIMENTATION DE L ENVIRONNEMENT ET DU TRAVAIL (ANSES) sponsor
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name
    AGENCE NATIONALE DE SECURITE SANITAIRE DE L ALIMENTATION DE L ENVIRONNEMENT ET DU TRAVAIL (ANSES)
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DU CANCER (INCA)
    MINISTERE DE L'AGRICULTURE, DE L'AGRO-ALIMENTAIRE ET DE LA SOUVERAINETE ALIMENTAIRE
    MINISTERE DU TRAVAIL, DE LA SANTE, DES SOLIDARITES ET DES FAMILLES
    SANTE PUBLIQUE FRANCE

    Sampling

    Sample frame

    Unit Type

    ['Population database for statistical purposes']
    Sampling Procedure

    ['{"concept":{"vocabURI":"Probability.Stratified","vocab":"CESSDA"},"value":"Probability: Stratified"}']

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    Free access
    Methodology notes

    Observational Study

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    1998-01-01 2015-01-01
    Time Method

    Repeated cross-sectional study
    Mode of data collection
    • {"concept":{"vocabURI":"SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire","vocab":"CESSDA"},"value":"Self-administered questionnaire"}
    • {"concept":{"vocabURI":"Interview","vocab":"CESSDA"},"value":"Interview with the participant (including clinical)"}

    Study activities

    Study activities
    Type
    primary evaluation
    Description
    Others

    Quality standards

    Quality standards
    Standard
    ['The INCA2 study was subject to a favorable opportunity opinion from the French National Council for Statistical Information (CNIS) and a favorable opinion from this Council\'s label committee (general interest study). The food nomenclatures are specific to each study. Links to the nomenclatures used by EFSA and by European regulations are then made.']

    Data Access

    Availability Status

    {"value":"Restricted access","extLink":[{"title":"COAR","uri":"http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec"}]}

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Email
    Carine;DUBUISSON carine.dubuisson@anses.fr

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    FRESH-PEF260-en
    Producers
    Name Affiliation
    Jean-Luc VOLATIER AGENCE NATIONALE DE SECURITE SANITAIRE DE L ALIMENTATION DE L ENVIRONNEMENT ET DU TRAVAIL (ANSES)
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