Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey               
                            (NHANES III), 1988-94                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                            Catalog Number 76700                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
        NHANES III Variable Ingredient Data File from the Dietary Recall        
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                December 1996                                   
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                              Table of Contents                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Guidelines for Data Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
Survey Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
Sample Design and Analysis Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
Data Preparation and Processing Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

General References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

NHANES III Variable Ingredient Data                                             

     General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
     Data File Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
     Data File Item Descriptions, Codes, Counts, and Notes . . . . . . . 
 
     Sas Code to Merge Look-up Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .