National Dietary Survey among 11‐74 years old individuals in Estonia

This report aims at providing an overview of the objective, sample, methodology and procedure of the National Dietary Survey among adolescents, adults and elderly in Estonia. The methodology for conducting the food consumption survey was compiled in 2007 and harmonised with the European Food Safety Authority’s guidelines in 2012. For the survey, a random sample stratified by age, gender, ethnicity and place of residence was drawn from the national population register. The sampled subjects were uniformly distributed over four different seasons and the survey calendar was organised to capture an adequate proportion of weekdays and weekend days at population group level. We aimed to collect data from about 6600 (minimum ~3300) subjects in the following age groups: 11-17 years, 18-64 years, and 65-74 years. Detailed food consumption information was collected by using the 24 hour recall method on two non-consecutive days for each participant. In total, data from 2949 adolescents, adults and elderly with a total response rate of 28.1% were eligible after quality control. © European Food Safety Authority, 2017