Depression was defined as a score of≥5 (mild depression: 5–9; moderate-to-severe depression: 10–27) using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Food insecurity was assessed with the 18-item US Household Food Security Survey Module. Adults with household-level marginal-to-very-low ...
The AHEI was originally developed on the basis of the Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ). However, previous studies have used 24-h dietary recalls to compute the AHEI-2010 scores from NHANES [7, 25, 26]. In general, the continuous NHANES (since 1999) only collect 24-h recalls to assess ...
27 This validated questionnaire was developed by the USDA to measure household FI over the prior 12 months. NHANES administers the Food Security Scale in accordance with the USDA recommendations and uses the established scoring system for response to the items to categorize household food security: ...
Data on soy milk consumption was obtained from the NHANES Diet Behavior and Nutrition questionnaire. This module provides personal interview data on various dietary behavior and nutrition related topics. Amongst others, it includes one question on milk product consumption in the past 30 days. Said qu...
DS use was ascertained via a home inventory and a retrospective 30-day questionnaire. Demographic and socioeconomic differences related to DS use were evaluated using a univariate t statistic. Half of U.S. adults (52%) took at least one DS during a 30-day period; multivitamin-mineral (MVM...