Frequency and Time of Day That Americans Eat: A Comparison of Data From the American Time Use Survey and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

by Eliana Zeballos , Jessica E. Todd, and Brandon J. Restrepo

This study compares the time-of-day and the number of eating occasions of U.S. adults as reported in the American Time Use Survey and the Eating & Health Module to those in the dietary intake data in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which are currently the best available data for estimating average daily dietary intake among Americans.

Keywords: American Time Use Survey, ATUS, Eating & Health Module, EHM, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, NHANES, dietary intake, eating occasions, time of day, eating patterns, time use, time-use survey

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