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Quarterly Food-at-Home Price Database (QFAHPD)—The Quarterly Food-at-Home Price Database (QFAHPD) provides food price data to support research on the economic determinants of food consumption, diet quality, and health outcomes. The QFAHPD database was constructed from household food-at-home purchases reported in the Nielsen Homescan panel data. The database contains quarterly prices for up to 54 separate food groups covering regions and markets across all 48 contiguous States for 1999-2008. Two versions of the database are available depending on the availability of purchase information on random-weight food items.
The National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS)—ERS's newly funded survey will provide unique and detailed data about household food choices that are not available in any other survey. FoodAPS is a nationally representative survey of household food purchases and acquisitions, including foods purchased for consumption at home and away from home as well as foods acquired through food and nutrition assistance programs (both public and private). Data on food consumption and nutrient intake—These tables display data on consumption of different food groups and nutrient intakes by age, gender, and eating locale.
 Flexible Consumer Behavior Survey (FCBS) is a module in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) that will help track changing consumer dietary behavior, nutritional knowledge, and attitudes. Specifically, the FCBS contains questions on food shopping, food expenditures, self-assessment of diet quality, frequency of dining out, attitudes toward and knowledge about diet, and use of food labels. Expanded measures of food and nutrition assistance program participation will allow for the identification of participants and eligible nonparticipants. The new FCBS module will complement existing data from NHANES to allow analysis of how individuals’ dietary behavior, attitudes, and knowledge about dietary guidance is linked to their food choices, dietary status, and health outcomes.
Food Availability (Per Capita) Data System—ERS annually calculates the amount of food available for human consumption in the United States. National aggregate consumption of several hundred basic commodities is tracked in this historical series. It is the only continuous source of data on food and nutrient availability in the United States and provides data back to 1909 for many commodities. See also the related report, Dietary Assessment of Major Trends in U.S. Food Consumption, 1970-2005.
Eating and Health Module (ATUS)—The Eating & Health (EH) Module of the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) collects data to analyze relationships among time use patterns and eating patterns, nutrition, and obesity; food and nutrition assistance programs; and grocery shopping and meal preparation. This data set can be used to measure where, when, and how long Americans eat, and also with whom they are eating. Estimates, analysis, and microdata files are available for 2006, 2007, and 2008 data.
How Much Do Americans Pay for Fruits and Vegetables?—ERS calculated total pounds or pints purchased at retail, total dollars spent, average retail price, serving size, servings per pound or pint, and dollars per serving for each of 57 fruits and vegetables. Spreadsheets that contain all the report data show how the costs per serving figures were derived. Along with the statistics tabulated for each fruit and vegetable is a short description of the nutritional benefits of each fruit and vegetable and little known facts (or trivia). This report provides a good understanding of the costs of produce, the nutrient density of most fruits and vegetables, and their contributions to a healthful diet.
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