National Youth Physical Activity and Nutrition Study (NYPANS)

Overview

The NYPANS study included three measures:

1. A paper-and-pencil questionnaire [PDF – 170 KB] administered to a nationally representative sample of students attending public and private schools in grades 9–12 
2. Standardized protocol to measure height and weight in students completing the questionnaire 
3. Telephone interviews to measure 24-hour dietary recalls among a subsample of students

Documentation

The Data User’s Manual [PDF – 3.3 MB] includes a sample description, procedures for editing the data, descriptions of how the variables were calculated, analysis software technical notes, and four codebooks: one for the survey and height/weight measurements, and three for the 24-hour dietary recall interview data files. Each data file is available in SAS, SPSS, and Access.

For more information about the system used to collect 24-Hour Dietary Recall data, see Nutrition Data System for Research (NDSR).

Survey and Height/Weight

Contains data from the paper and pencil questionnaire and the height and weight measurements. File sizes range from 4.6M to 16.2M.

(Use of the Survey SAS dataset also requires the Survey format library [sas7bdat – 165 KB].)

SAS Data File  sas7bdat

SPSS Data File sav

Access Data File mdb

Food Group Serving Count

Contains food group serving counts at the whole food level (FGSCFood), the meal or eating occasion level (FGSCMeal), and the record level (FGSCRecord). Files sizes range from 3.7M to 53.1M.

Nutritional Analysis

Contains nutrient data at the whole food level (Food), the meal or eating occasion level (Meal), the component/ingredient level (Component), and the record level (Record). File sizes range from 5.4M to 70.8M.

One Record

Contains the same data as FGSCRecord, but while FGSCRecord contains 1 record per recall occasion, One_Record contains 1 record per respondent. File sizes range from 6M to 9.3M.

sas7bdat
sav
mdb

NYPANS Journal Articles

The Association of Meal Practices and Other Dietary Correlates With Dietary Intake Among High School Students in the United States, 2010.
Demissie Z, Eaton DK, Lowry R, Kim SA, Park S, Grimm KA, Merlo C, Harris DM
Am J Health Promot. 2015 Jul-Aug; 29(6):e203-13.

Comparing Methods for Assessing Beverage Intake among High School Students
Olsen EO, Eaton DK, Park S, Brener ND, Blanck H
American Journal of Health Behavior 2014;38(1):114-123.

Electronic Media Use and Beverage Intake Among U.S. High School Students – 2010
Demissie Z, Lowry R, Eaton DK, Kann L, Park S
Journal of Nutrition Education & Behavior 2013;45:756-760.

Obesity and Other Correlates of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors Among US High School Students
Lowry R, Lee SM, Fulton JE, Demissie Z, Kann L
Journal of Obesity 2013;1–10. doi.org/10.1155/2013/276318.

A Comparison of Fruit and Vegetable Intake Estimates from Three Survey Question Sets to Estimates from 24-Hour Dietary Recall Interviews
Eaton DK, Olsen E, Brener ND, Scanlon, KS, Kim SA, Demissie Z, Yaroch A
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 2013;113:1165–1174.

Behaviors Related to Physical Activity and Nutrition Among U.S. High School Students
Brener ND; Eaton DK, Kann L; McManus T; Lee S, Scanlon K; Fulton J; O’Toole T
Journal of Adolescent Health 2013 Oct;53(4):539-46.

Factors associated with low water intake among US high school students – National Youth Physical Activity and Nutrition Study, 2010.
Park S, Blanck HM, Sherry B, Brener ND, O’Toole T
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 2012 Sept;112(9):1421-7.

Factors Associated with Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake among United States High School Students
Park S, Blanck HM, Sherry B, Brener N, O’Toole T
Journal of Nutrition 2012 Feb;142(2):306-12.

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Among High School Students—United States, 2010
MMWR 2011;60:1583–1586.

Beverage Consumption Among High School Students—United States, 2010
MMWR 2011;60:778–780.

Physical Activity Levels of High School Students—United States, 2010
MMWR 2011;60:773–777.