Table 3.

Survey components used in the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey Rolling Programme Years 1 to 11 (2008–19)

Survey stage	Component and method	Completed by (age if not completed by all participants)	Survey Yearsa
Interviewer stage	Computerised Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI):
	Household composition, socio	Household representative and	All Years
	economic status, shopping and	main food provider
	cooking practices
	Usual eating habits, general health, oral health, dietary supplement use	All participants	All Years
	Sun exposure	All participants	Years 1–10
	Physical activity	Ages 4 to 15 years	Years 6–11
	Consent for NHS Register and Cancer Register data linkage	Age ≥16 years	All Years
	Consent to be contacted for follow-up/further research	All participants (parent/carer on behalf of children)	All Years
	Self-completion questionnaires:
	Smoking and drinking	Age ≥8 years	All Years
	Physical activity	Age ≥16 years	All Years
	Four-day food diary	All participants	All Years
	Physical measures:
	Height and weight	All participants	All Years
	Actigraph (physical activity monitor)	Ages 4 to 15 yearsb	Years 1 to 5
	Spot urine sample	Age ≥4 years	Year 6 onwards
	Doubly labelled water sub study:
	Total energy expenditure	Age ≥4 years	Years 1, 3, 6 and 7
Nurse stage	Computerised Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI):
	Current medication	All participants	All Years
	Physical measures:
	Waist and hip measurements	Age ≥11 years	All Years
	Mid upper arm circumferences	Ages 2 to 15 years	Years 1 to 5
	Infant length	Ages 18 months to 2 years	All Years
	Blood pressure	Age ≥4 years	Years 1 to 10
	Blood samples	All participants	All Years
	24-h urine sample and PABAc	Age ≥4 years	Years 1 to 5

^a Year 1 2008–09; Year 2 2009–10; Year 3 2010–11; Year 4 2011–12; Year 5 2012–13; Year 6 2013–14; Year 7 2014 15; Year 8 2015–16; Year 9 2016–17; Year 10 2017–18; Year 11 2018–19.

^bIn Year 1, ActiGraph was only collected for children aged 4 to 10 years.

^cPara-aminobenzoic acid.

Italicized text denotes a major component.