4727.0.55.002 - Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey: Users' Guide, 2012-13

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This document was added or updated on 20/03/2015.

NUTRITION

The 2012-13 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey (NATSINPAS) is the first national Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nutrition survey of adults and children (aged 2 years and over). The NATSINPAS nutrition component collected similar information to the nutrition component of the 2011-12 National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey (NNPAS); however, aspects of enumeration differed between the two surveys. These enumeration differences are:

Remote areas did not receive a follow up phone interview; as a result there is a single day of data for respondents from this locality.
The food model booklet presented to the respondents during the person interview was different to the NNPAS food model booklet (available in the Downloads section).
There was a bush tucker prompt card presented to respondents living in remote areas during the person interview to complement the food model booklet (available in the Downloads section).

Analysis of the 2012-13 NATSINPAS suggests that, like in other nutrition surveys, there has been some under-reporting of food intake by participants in this survey. Given the association of under-reporting with overweight/obesity and consciousness of socially acceptable/desirable dietary patterns, under-reporting is unlikely to affect all foods and nutrients equally. For more information on under-reporting in this survey, see Under-reporting in Nutrition Surveys in this Users’ Guide.

For information about the nutrition component please refer to the Nutrition section of the AHS Users’ Guide which contains the following subsections:

24-hour Dietary Recall

Food Intake

Discretionary Foods

Nutrient Intake

Usual Nutrient Intakes

Food and Measure Coding

Data Quality

Interpretation of Results

Please note that where the 2011-12 NNPAS is referred to in the Nutrition section of the AHS Users’ Guide, the same applies to the 2012-13 NATSINPAS.

This section contains the following subsection :
Under-reporting