Methodology for the exploitation of HBS food data and results on food availability in six European countries

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METHODOLOGY FOR THE EXPLOITATION
OF HBS FOOD DATA AND
RESULTS ON FOOD AVAILABILITY
IN SIX EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
EUR 18357 EN EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Edith CRESSON, Member of the Commission
responsible for research, innovation, education, training and youth
DG XII/E.2 — RTD actions: Life science and technologies —
Agro-industrial research
Contact: FAIR Secretariat
Address: European Commission, rue de la Loi 200 (SDME 8/29) ■ B-1049 Brussels — Tel. [phone]; e-mail: [e-mail] European Commission
Agro-industrial research (AIR)
Agriculture and agro-industry, including fisheries, programme
Methodology for the
exploitation of
HBS food data and
results on food availability in
six European countries
Edited by
Antonia Trichopoulou, MD, and Pagona Lagiou, MD
National Nutrition Centre, Athens, Greece
DAFNE II
Food data networking
Network for the pan-European food data bank based on household budget survey
(HBS) data
Directorate-General
Science, Research and Development
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PRINTED ON WHITE CHLORINE-FREE PAPER TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 6
PREFACE 3
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 9
A. INTRODUCTION 13
A.1 Rationale for the creation of a food data bank based
on Household Budget Surveys data
A.2 Background of the DAFNE initiative5
A.3 The DAFNE II peoject
B. METHODOLOGY6
B.1 Study of the HBS data collection methodology9
B.2 Selection of HBS parameters 20
B.3 Data transfer
B.4 Definition of comparable among countries categories
of sociodemographic data1
B.4.1 Category of locality
B.4.2 Education of household members
B.4.3 Profession ofds
B.5 Definition of comparable among countries categories
of food items3
B.6 Calculation of the average per capita food availability 2
B.7 Derivation of percentiles along with bootstrap confidence
intervals 24
B.8 From food to nutrients: Assessing nutrient intake levels
from HBS data5
C. VALIDATION OF THE APPROACH - COMPARISON OF
THE HBS WITH THE NUTRITION SURVEYS DATA 26
D. SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS 27
D.1 Plenary meetings
D.2 Meetings8
D.3 Scientific exchange
REFERENCES9 Page
ANNEXES
I. METHODOLOGY TABLES
1.1 HBS data collection methodology 31
1.2 Comparability of HBS data:
a. comparable categories of locality 43
b.es of education of household head 47
c.e categories of occupation ofd head 5
d. food aggregation tables 6
II. RESULTS
11.1 Average per capita availability of5 food groups 10
- overall mean 107
- availability by education
-y by locality
11.2 Availability of major food groups and selected
food items (tables and graphs) 131
11.3 Distribution of food availability among consuming households-
the example of fruits 149 Preface
Since several Framework programmes the European Commission funds food research
covering aspects like food production, food safety, health and nutrition. Food-related
research has become a stronghold within the Framework programmes. To illustrate
this: within the FLAIR-programme of the second Framework Programme (FP2) the
Commission funded 33 food projects, in the AIR-programme (of FP3) 72 projects
were funded and in the ongoing FAIR programme (FP4) the Commission has funded
137 food-related projects.
During this expansion there were among the selected proposals several ones that
covered a really new food-related topic. Such an example is the Data Food
Networking project DAFNE which now has produced its final analytical report.
As is mentioned in this report the starting point of this concerted action was a WHO
workshop in Athens in 1987 which explored the possibilities to obtain harmonised
and comparable food data from different European countries using the household
budget surveys. Since 1987 the National Nutrition Centre in Athens organised a series
of workshops and pilot studies in order to develop such a system. These activities
eventually led in 1993 to the funded EU concerted action DAFNE I and almost 2
years later the funded follow up project DAFNE II. And now the partners of DAFNE
produced a nice and useful analytical report to show the results they have achieved so
far.
It took 11 years from first ideas to a final report. This illustrates that this food related
concept was quite new and therefore demanded substantial time and energy to get
understood and established. To be able to achieve the final results the funding of the 2
DAFNE projects by the EU played an important role. Not only the funding itself but
also as an incentive to get the exchange of the necessary HBS data on stream and as
acknowledgement by the EU of the relevance of these activities.
The DAFNE-project shows that household surveys indeed contain useful data on food
consumption. That you have in your hands a tangible result of the DAFNE projects
was possible by the efforts of all partners involved in DAFNE. A special
acknowledgement goes to the co-ordinator of the DAFNE project Mrs. Antonia
Trichopolou of the Greek National Nutrition Centre whose determination was
essential to obtain the final results.
Liam Breslin
Head of the Agro-industrial Research
Unit DGXII/ E-2 DAFNE II
DAta Food NEtworking
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
GREECE
(coordinating center)
Prof. Trichopoulou A.
National Center for Nutrition, National School of Public Health, Athens
Mr. Douros G.
National Statistical Office, Athens
Dr. Lagiou P.
National Center for Nutrition, National School of Public Health, Athens
Mr. Thriskos P.
National Center for Nutrition, National School of Public Health, Athens
Ms Tsaousi 1.
National Statistical Office, Athens
Dr. Vasdekis B.
National Center for Nutrition, National School of Public Health, Athens
Dr. Vassilakou T.
National Center for Nutrition, National School of Public Health, Athens
IRELAND
Ms. Friel S.
National Nutrition Surveillance Center, Dept. of Health Promotion, Clinical Science
Institute, University College, Galway
Prof. Kelleher C.
National Nutrition Surveillance Center, Dept. of Health Promotion, Clinical Science
Institute, University Colege, Galway
Mr. McCormack K.
Central Statistics Office, Dublin
Mr. MacFeely S.
Central Statistics Office, Cork
LUXEMBOURG
Mr. Langers J.
Central Statistics Office, Luxembourg Dr. Schmitt Α.
Interdisciplinary Nutrition Policy Group, Luxembourg
Dr. Zanardelli M.
Center of Socioeconomic Population Studies (CEPS)
NORWAY
Dr. Helsing E.
Norwegian Board of Health, Oslo
Dr. Lund-Larsen Κ.
Norwegian Food Control Authority, Oslo
Mr. Mork E.
Statistics Norway, Oslo
Dr. Trygg K.
Institute of Nutrition Research, University of Oslo
SPAIN
Ms. Boned M.L.
Insituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid
Dr. Carbajal A.
Departamento de Nutrición y Bromatologia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad
Complutense de Madrid
Prof. Moreiras O.
Departamento de Nutrición y Bromatologia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad
Complutense de Madrid
Ms. Seoane Spiegelberg P.
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid
UNITED KINGDOM
Dr. King J.
Office for National Statistics, Family Expenditure Survey, London
Dr. Nelson M.
King's College London, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, London
Ms. Paterakis S.
King's College London, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, London
Dr. Speller S.M.
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, National Food Survey Branch, London EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Dr. Breslin L.
DG Xll-F, European Commission, Brussels
Dr. Bouwmeister P.J., National Expert
DG XII-E-2, European Commission, Brussels
Dr. Cornelese J., ex National Expert
DG XII-E-2, European Commission, Brussels
Acknowledgment
We are grateful to Ms. R. Dania, Ms. K. Georga, Mr. P. Karathanasis, Ms A.
Naska and Ms M. Yannakoulia, for their contribution in the compilation of this
report.