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

Speaker(s)

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  Paul Coates, PhD

  Past President
  American Society for Nutrition
  Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

  Disclosure(s): Mars Symboscience: Consultant (Terminated)
  Tilia Holdings: Consultant (Terminated)
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  Christine Taylor, PhD

  Chair
  ASN Committee on Advocacy and Science Policy (CASP)
  Kensington, Maryland, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Jaime Gahche, PhD, MPH

  Nutritional Epidemiologist
  NIH ODS
  Bethesda, Maryland, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Charles Rothwell, MS; MBA

  Retired
  Former Director - National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
  Bethesda, Maryland, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Catherine Woteki, PhD

  Professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University; Chair, American Society for Nutrition Foundation Board of Trustees
  Iowa State University; American Society for Nutrition Foundation
  Washington, District of Columbia, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Panelist(s)

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  Naman Ahluwalia, PhD

  Nutrition Monitoring Advisor
  NHANES, NCHS, CDC
  Hyattsville, Maryland, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Johanna Dwyer, PhD, DSc, RD

  Professor
  Office of Dietary Supplements
  NIH
  Bethesda, Maryland, United States

  Disclosure(s): Abbott: Ownership Interest (Ongoing)
  ABBVIE: Ownership Interest (Ongoing)
  Nestlé: Consultant (Terminated)
  Pfizer: Ownership Interest (Ongoing)
  Procter and Gamble: Ownership Interest (Ongoing)
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  Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH

  Research Professor in Community Health & Prevention
  Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

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.

Presentations:

• 12:00 PM – 12:05 PM ET

  Welcome - NHANES as a Critical Resource (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: Opportunities for Revitalization)
  

  Speaker: Paul M. Coates, PhD – American Society for Nutrition
• 12:05 PM – 12:20 PM ET

  Challenges for NHANES: The Big Picture and Big Questions (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: Opportunities for Revitalization)
  

  Speaker: Christine Taylor, PhD – ASN Committee on Advocacy and Science Policy (CASP)
• 12:20 PM – 12:30 PM ET

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

  Speaker: Jaime J. Gahche, PhD, MPH – NIH ODS
• 12:30 PM – 12:45 PM ET

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

  Speaker: Charles J. Rothwell, MS; MBA – Former Director - National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
• 12:45 PM – 1:00 PM ET

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

  Speaker: Catherine E. Woteki, PhD – Iowa State University; American Society for Nutrition Foundation
• 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET

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

  Moderator: Paul M. Coates, PhD – American Society for Nutrition

  Panelist: Naman Ahluwalia, PhD – NHANES, NCHS, CDC

  Panelist: Johanna T. Dwyer, PhD, DSc, RD – NIH

  Panelist: Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH – Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health

  Speaker: Charles J. Rothwell, MS; MBA – Former Director - National Center for Health Statistics, CDC

  Speaker: Catherine E. Woteki, PhD – Iowa State University; American Society for Nutrition Foundation