Food Consumption Table (2015 CCHS Nutrition)								
											
Objective											
To present consumption values for foods at group levels under ten main food groups for consistent use between the Bureau of Food Surveillance and Science Integration (BFSSI) in the Food Directorate and substances risk assessment groups within Health Canada.											
											
Data Source 											
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), Nutrition (2015) - Share File											
											
											
Notes											
1.  Estimates:											
       1.1  All estimates of intakes are daily (not usual) consumptions based on the first 24-hour dietary recall only and weighted using the sample weights provided with the CCHS 2015											
       1.2  Standard errors (SEs) are calculated by PROC SURVEYMEANS (SAS) using bootstrap replication.											
       1.3  Filters are added on columns of Age and Sex for search function in the Excel files.											
											
2.  Food groups:											
      2.1  All Bureau of Nutritional Sciences (BNS) food groups are categorized into ten main food  groups (Grain products, Dairy products, Fats, Meats, Meat alternatives, Vegetables, Fruits, Beverages, Babyfood products and Miscellaneous) and the intakes are presented on ten separate tabs in the Excel files, or ten separate CSV files. 											
      2.2  For a full listing of the food groups and subgroups, a short description and special notes, see the tab or file entitled "Food Group List".
      2.3  Estimates of food intakes are presented at three levels of food groups - main food group, food group and food sub-group. 											
      2.4  Recipe groups are not presented in the tables.											
											
3. Food reconstitution:											
     3.1  Consumption of food items are measured in the ready-to-eat state.											
											
4.  Body weights: 											
     4.1  Body weights are used to calculate intakes of food per kg body weight.											
     4.2  Since body weights were not collected for respondents under one year old in the CCHS 2015, medians of body weights from 											
              the NHANES 1999-2010 are used to assign the values of body weights for those respondents. 											
     4.3  For those at two years or older, measured or self-reported body weights were used. Imputed body weight values are 											
              assigned to those with neither a measured nor a self-reported body weight.  The method of imputation can be found in the 											
              User Guide for Food Consumption Table (2015 CCHS Nutrition). 											
											
5. Symbols: 											
    5.1  See below the symbols assigned based on the data release guidelines of Statistics Canada:  											
            'E' - Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) from 16.6% to 33.3%; interpret with caution.											
            'F' or '.' - Data are suppressed due to:											
        	a. the number of eaters is less than 30
		b. the CV is greater than 33.3%
		c. the number of eaters is  less than 100 for the 90th percentiles
		d. the number of eaters is less than  200 for the 95th percentiles
  											
											
Contacts for Information 											
hc.nutrition.surveillance-nutritionnelle.sc@canada.ca