Methodology of National Turkey Nutrition and Health Survey (TNHS) – 2010Serdar Güler1, İrem Budakoğlu2, H. Tanju Besler3, A. Gülden Pekcan3, A. Sinan Türkyılmaz4, Hülya Çıngı5, Turan Buzgan6, Nurullah Zengin7, Uğur Dilmen8, Nihat Tosun9, TNHS Study Group101Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, Hitit University and Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Turkey.
2Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
3Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
4Institute of Population Studies, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
5Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
6Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Yildirim Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey.
7Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Yildirim Beyazıt University and Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
8Department of Neonatology, Faculty of Medicine, Yildirim Beyazıt University and Ankara Zekai Tahir Burak Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
9Undersecretary of Ministry of Health, Ankara, Turkey.
10The alphabetical order according to the first name is at the end of the article.
The purpose of this paper is to explain the methodology of National Turkey Nutrition and Health Survey (TNHS) – 2010. The survey was conducted with the aim of providing the necessary data on nutrition and health to plan and develop related food, nutrition and health policies in Turkey and the study was conducted in collaboration with Ministry of Health, Hacettepe University Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, and Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital.
TNHS sample was designed as a weighted, multi-stage, stratified cluster sample. To stratify the sample, TNHS adopted the stratification approach used in the 2008 Turkey Demographic and Health Survey that allows making estimates nation-wide and for the 5 regions, the 12 NUTS-1 regions, and the 7 metropolitans. Survey provided detailed information on dietary intake, physical examination including clinical and biochemical variables, physical activity status and anthropometric measurements. The survey sample was designed to represent the population of Turkey in age groups of 0-5 and 6 years,
the baseline nutrition and health status and blood and urine tests of 6 year-old individuals. Keywords: Methodology, National Turkey Nutrition and Health Survey (TNHS) – 2010, dietary intake, nutrition habits, physical examination, biochemical parameters, anthropometric measurements
Serdar Güler, İrem Budakoğlu, H. Tanju Besler, A. Gülden Pekcan, A. Sinan Türkyılmaz, Hülya Çıngı, Turan Buzgan, Nurullah Zengin, Uğur Dilmen, Nihat Tosun, TNHS Study Group. Methodology of National Turkey Nutrition and Health Survey (TNHS) – 2010. Med J Islamic World Acad Sci. 2014; 22(1): 7-29
Corresponding Author: Serdar Güler, Türkiye |
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