Health status and risk factors for non-communicable diseases (physical, biochemical and questionnaire) were reported in all NHES’s. Data on children’s nutritional status were limited in the first 3 surveys, but were more extensive in the fourth NHES.
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In this latest survey, the food consumption and dietary intakes (using 24-h recalls and food frequency questionnaires) of different age groups, as well as
child anthropometry, feeding practices and urinary iodine
excretion (UIE) of children aged 1-14 years old were included.