Güler, Serdar; Budakoğlu, İrem; Besler, H. Tanju; Pekcan, A. Gülden; Türkyılmaz, A. Sinan; Çıngı, Hülya; Buzgan, Turan; Zengin, Nurullah; Dilmen, Uğur; Tosun, Nihat; Group, TNHS Study

Methodology of National Turkey Nutrition and Health Survey (TNHS) – 2010

Serdar Güler¹, İrem Budakoğlu², H. Tanju Besler³, A. Gülden Pekcan³, A. Sinan Türkyılmaz⁴, Hülya Çıngı⁵, Turan Buzgan⁶, Nurullah Zengin⁷, Uğur Dilmen⁸, Nihat Tosun⁹, TNHS Study Group¹⁰

¹Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, Hitit University and Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Turkey.
²Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
³Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
⁴Institute of Population Studies, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
⁵Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
⁶Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Yildirim Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey.
⁷Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Yildirim Beyazıt University and Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
⁸Department of Neonatology, Faculty of Medicine, Yildirim Beyazıt University and Ankara Zekai Tahir Burak Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
⁹Undersecretary of Ministry of Health, Ankara, Turkey.
¹⁰The alphabetical order according to the first name is at the end of the article.

The purpose of this paper is to explain the methodology of National Turkey Nutrition and Health Survey (TNHS) – 2010. The survey was conducted with the aim of providing the necessary data on nutrition and health to plan and develop related food, nutrition and health policies in Turkey and the study was conducted in collaboration with Ministry of Health, Hacettepe University Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, and Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital.
TNHS sample was designed as a weighted, multi-stage, stratified cluster sample. To stratify the sample, TNHS adopted the stratification approach used in the 2008 Turkey Demographic and Health Survey that allows making estimates nation-wide and for the 5 regions, the 12 NUTS-1 regions, and the 7 metropolitans. Survey provided detailed information on dietary intake, physical examination including clinical and biochemical variables, physical activity status and anthropometric measurements. The survey sample was designed to represent the population of Turkey in age groups of 0-5 and 6 years,
the baseline nutrition and health status and blood and urine tests of 6 year-old individuals.

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Serdar Güler, İrem Budakoğlu, H. Tanju Besler, A. Gülden Pekcan, A. Sinan Türkyılmaz, Hülya Çıngı, Turan Buzgan, Nurullah Zengin, Uğur Dilmen, Nihat Tosun, TNHS Study Group. Methodology of National Turkey Nutrition and Health Survey (TNHS) – 2010. . 2014; 22(1): 7-29

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