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- 2003-2005 (Creation)
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27 boxes, 2.7 cubic metres
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The Low Income Diet and Nutrition Survey (LIDNS) was commissioned by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and was carried out by three organisations; the Health Research Group at the National Centre for Social Research, the Nutritional Sciences Research Division at King's College London and the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Royal Free and University College London Medical School. The survey evaluated eating habits, nourishment and nutrition-related health of people on low income and had many aims.
These aims include providing information concerning food and nutrient intakes; to measure health-related factors associated with diet, such as height, weight and blood pressure; to measure levels of physical activity; to analyse smoking and oral health in relation to diet and to evaluate relationships between diet and the risk of developing diseases.
3,728 people from 2,477 low-income households were included in the survey, having been identified as being within the bottom 15% of the population in terms of material deprivation. Research data was collected via interviews and questionnaires, 24-hour recalls of diet, physical measurements and blood samples. Dr Michael Nelson, senior lecturer at King's College London was Principal Investigator in the national survey of diet in low income households; operations staff, principal programmers and data managers were also based at King's College London. The results were published within Low Income Diet and Nutrition Survey Summary of Key Findings, 2007.
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GB 0100 KCLCA LIDNS 2003-2005 collection 27 boxes, 2.7 cubic metres King's College London , Department of Nutrition and Dietetics
The Low Income Diet and Nutrition Survey (LIDNS) was commissioned by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and was carried out by three organisations; the Health Research Group at the National Centre for Social Research, the Nutritional Sciences Research Division at King's College London and the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Royal Free and University College London Medical School. The survey evaluated eating habits, nourishment and nutrition-related health of people on low income and had many aims.
These aims include providing information concerning food and nutrient intakes; to measure health-related factors associated with diet, such as height, weight and blood pressure; to measure levels of physical activity; to analyse smoking and oral health in relation to diet and to evaluate relationships between diet and the risk of developing diseases.
3,728 people from 2,477 low-income households were included in the survey, having been identified as being within the bottom 15% of the population in terms of material deprivation. Research data was collected via interviews and questionnaires, 24-hour recalls of diet, physical measurements and blood samples. Dr Michael Nelson, senior lecturer at King's College London was Principal Investigator in the national survey of diet in low income households; operations staff, principal programmers and data managers were also based at King's College London. The results were published within Low Income Diet and Nutrition Survey Summary of Key Findings, 2007.
Transferred to King's College London College Archives by the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics in 2007.
Low Income Diet Nutrition Study, 2003-2005, comprises research data used within Low Income Diet and Nutrition Survey, 2007. The collection, 27 boxes, comprises research data booklets for each partcipant, 2003-2005, arranged by ascending ID number and titled 'Social and resource influences on eating habits, food consumption record: individual 24 hour recall'; these ID numbers represent participants who completed 4 days of 24 hour recalls.
Arranged in its accession order, as above.
Administrative records are generally closed for 30 years except for published material.
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services.
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Nelson M, Erens B, Bates B, Church S and Boshier T, Low Income Diet and Nutrition Survey, (London The Stationary Office, 2007).
Accession number C046.
Compiled by Samantha Velumyl. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997. January 2008 Diet Dietary surveys Dietetics Disadvantaged groups Family Family environment Food intake Food Standards Agency King's College London , Department of Nutrition and Dietetics National Centre for Social Research Nutrition Nutritional requirements Organization of research Physiology Poor Research programmes Research projects Royal Free Hospital Social research Social surveys Systems of medicine University College London , Medical School
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Transferred to King's College London College Archives by the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics in 2007.
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Low Income Diet Nutrition Study, 2003-2005, comprises research data used within Low Income Diet and Nutrition Survey, 2007. The collection, 27 boxes, comprises research data booklets for each partcipant, 2003-2005, arranged by ascending ID number and titled 'Social and resource influences on eating habits, food consumption record: individual 24 hour recall'; these ID numbers represent participants who completed 4 days of 24 hour recalls.
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Arranged in its accession order, as above.
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Administrative records are generally closed for 30 years except for published material.
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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services.
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- English
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- Latin
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Accession number C046.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
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