National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES): Opportunities for Revitalization

There is growing concern that the increasing challenges faced by NHANES are impairing the utility and reliability of the data provided by this survey. NHANES data are a critical component of the nation’s health infrastructure and serve as an important resource for health professionals, policy makers, researchers, the food and supplement industry, commodity groups, and public health departments.

While NHANES staff have worked diligently and hard to carry out the survey with commendable results, factors such as decreasing response rates, small sample size, increasing costs, and the lack of funds for innovation and the study of new methodologies have placed NHANES in a precarious position. Further, the current need for timely granular and sub-group specific data to address disparities greatly increases the pressure on NHANES. This webinar will outline the nature of the challenges now experienced by NHANES and then focus on considerations for solutions including a stepwise approach to revitalizing the survey. The webinar is intended to help inform the ASN interest in supporting activities important to the nutrition, food, and health community. This webinar will not focus on the specifics of the upcoming 2024 NHANES survey for which the NHANES staff anticipate offering a webinar to update ASN members in late 2022.

This activity was organized by the ASN Committee on Advocacy and Science Policy.

 

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Speakers

Naman Ahluwalia, PhD
Nutrition Monitoring Advisor
NHANES, NCHS, CDC

Paul Coates, PhD
Past President
American Society for Nutrition

Johanna Dwyer, DSc, RD
Professor
Tufts University School of Medicine and Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Jaime Gahche, PhD, MPH
Nutritional Epidemiologist
NIH ODS

Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH
Research Professor in Community Health & Prevention
Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health

Charles Rothwell, MS; MBA
Retired
Former Director - National Center for Health Statistics, CDC

Christine Taylor, PhD
ASN Committee on Advocacy and Science Policy (CASP) Chair

Catherine Woteki, PhD
Professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University; Chair, American Society for Nutrition Foundation Board of Trustees

 

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the widespread application of NHANES
  • Identify at least three factors that potentially impact the ability of NHANES to meet users’ needs
  • Recognize the complicated nature of solutions for overcoming the current challenges faced by NHANES

Performance Indicators for Registered Dietitians

  • 12.2.3 Identifies individual, organization and government roles and responsibilities within public health and health care systems
  • 12.3.1 Designs programs, interventions, or initiatives based on assessment and surveillance data and evidence-based literature.
  • 12.3.5 Takes into consideration World Health Organization and public health policies and standards to design programs, initiatives and interventions
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 Attendance

    Learners are eligible to download a Certificate of Attendance upon activity completion. A Certificate of Attendance confirms the learner has completed the activity and does not confer any continuing education credit to the learner from ASN.

  • 1.50 CPE for Registered Dietitians

    ASN (Provider #NS010) is accredited and approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) as a provider of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) programs for Registered Dietitians.

    ASN designates this activity for a maximum of 1.50 CPE credits.

Course opens: 
04/14/2023
Course expires: 
03/31/2024
Cost:
$15.00
Rating: 
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This activity includes the following presentations:

Welcome - NHANES as a Critical Resource

Paul Coates, PhD
Past President
American Society for Nutrition

Challenges for NHANES: The Big Picture and Big Questions

Christine Taylor, PhD
ASN Committee on Advocacy and Science Policy (CASP) Chair

Challenges for NHANES: Nutrition Data from NHANES 

Jaime Gahche, PhD, MPH
Nutritional Epidemiologist
NIH ODS

Addressing the NHANES Challenges: An All-Stakeholders Perspectives (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: Opportunities for Revitalization)

Charles Rothwell, MS; MBA
Retired
Former Director - National Center for Health Statistics, CDC

Addressing the NHANES Challenges: A Nutrition Perspective (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: Opportunities for Revitalization)

Catherine Woteki, PhD
Professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University; Chair, American Society for Nutrition Foundation Board of Trustees

Panel Discussion 

Naman Ahluwalia, PhD
Nutrition Monitoring Advisor
NHANES, NCHS, CDC

Paul Coates, PhD
Past President
American Society for Nutrition

Johanna Dwyer, DSc, RD
Professor
Tufts University School of Medicine and Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Jaime Gahche, PhD, MPH
Nutritional Epidemiologist
NIH ODS

Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH
Research Professor in Community Health & Prevention
Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health

Charles Rothwell, MS; MBA
Retired
Former Director - National Center for Health Statistics, CDC

Christine Taylor, PhD
ASN Committee on Advocacy and Science Policy (CASP) Chair

Catherine Woteki, PhD
Professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University; Chair, American Society for Nutrition Foundation Board of Trustees

Disclosure Policy

The American Society for Nutrition supports fair and unbiased participation of individuals in its education activities. Any real or potential conflicts of interest must be identified and managed. All relevant financial relationships with commercial interests that directly impact and/or might conflict with ASN activities must be disclosed, or disclosure that no relevant financial relationships exist must be documented. Other relationships that could cause private interests to conflict with professional interests must also be disclosed. This policy is intended to openly identify any potential conflict so that participants in an education activity are able to form their own judgments about the presentation. In addition, disclosure must be made of presentations on drugs or devices or uses of drugs or devices that have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. 

Speakers

Naman Ahluwalia, PhD, Nutrition Monitoring Advisor, NHANES, NCHS, CDC
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose. 

Paul Coates, PhD, Past President, American Society for Nutrition
Disclosures: Consultant: Mars Symboscience (Terminated), Tilia Holdings (Terminated) 

Johanna Dwyer, DSc, RD, Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine and Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
Disclosures: Consultant: Nestlé (Terminated); Ownership Interest: Abbott (Ongoing), ABBVIE (Ongoing), Pfizer (Ongoing), Proctor and Gamble (Ongoing) 

Jaime Gahche, PhD, MPH, Nutritional Epidemiologist, NIH ODS
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH, Research Professor in Community Health & Prevention, Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Charles Rothwell, MS; MBA, Retired, Former Director - National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Christine Taylor, PhD, ASN Committee on Advocacy and Science Policy (CASP) Chair
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Catherine Woteki, PhD, Professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University; Chair, American Society for Nutrition Foundation Board of Trustees
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Accreditation Statement and Credit Designation

Dietitians/Dietetic Technicians
ASN (Provider #NS010) is accredited and approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) as a provider of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) programs for Registered Dietitians. ASN designates this activity for a maximum of 1.5 CPE credits.

If you are seeking Continuing Professional Education credit and have feedback about this activity, please send comments to QualityCPE@eatright.org.

Activity Type: Recorded pre-approved CPE Activity: 175 Lectures/Webinars
Activity Number: 172784

CPE Level 2

Performance Indicators/Learning Objectives

  • 12.2.3 Identifies individual, organization and government roles and responsibilities within public health and health care systems
  • 12.3.1 Designs programs, interventions, or initiatives based on assessment and surveillance data and evidence-based literature.
  • 12.3.5 Takes into consideration World Health Organization and public health policies and standards to design programs, initiatives and interventions

Other Learners
Learners who take this course will receive a Certificate of Attendance. This certificate does not confer continuing education credit and indicates the course has been completed.

Available Credit

  • 1.50 Attendance

    Learners are eligible to download a Certificate of Attendance upon activity completion. A Certificate of Attendance confirms the learner has completed the activity and does not confer any continuing education credit to the learner from ASN.

  • 1.50 CPE for Registered Dietitians

    ASN (Provider #NS010) is accredited and approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) as a provider of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) programs for Registered Dietitians.

    ASN designates this activity for a maximum of 1.50 CPE credits.

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