Million Veteran Program Boston Coordinating Center, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, USA.
Int J Popul Data Sci. 2024 Mar 7;8(6):2366. doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v8i6.2366. eCollection 2023.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Million Veteran Program (MVP) nutrition data is derived from dietary food/beverage intake information collected through a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire (SFFQ).
Estimates of dietary energy, nutrient, and non-nutritive food components intakes data were derived from an extensively validated SFFQ, which assessed the habitual frequency of consumption of 61 food items, added sugar, fried food frequency, and 21 nutritional supplements over the 12 months preceding questionnaire administration.
Complete nutrition data was available for 353,418 MVP participants as of 30 September 2021. Overall, 91.5% of MVP participants with nutrition data were male with an average age of 65.7 years at enrollment. Participants who completed the SFFQ were primarily White (82.5%), and Blacks accounted for 13.2% of the responders. Mean ± SD energy intake for 353, 418 MVP participants was 1428 ± 616 kcal/day, which was 1434 ± 617 kcal/day for males and 1364 ± 601 kcal/day for females. Energy intake and information on 322 nutrients and non-nutritive food components is available through contact with MVP for research collaborations at www.research.va.gov/mvp.
The energy and nutrient data derived from MVP SFFQ are an invaluable resource for Veteran health and research. In conjunction with the MVP Lifestyle Survey, electronic health records, and genomic data, MVP nutrition data may be used to assess nutritional status and related risk factors, disease prevalence, and determinants of health that can provide scientific support for the development of evidence-based public health policy and health promotion programs and services for Veterans and general population.
退伍军人事务部（VA）百万老兵计划（MVP）营养数据来源于通过半定量食物频率问卷（SFFQ）收集的饮食食物/饮料摄入信息。
通过经过广泛验证的 SFFQ 得出膳食能量、营养素和非营养性食物成分摄入量数据的估计值，该 SFFQ 评估了在问卷实施前的 12 个月内，61 种食物、添加糖、油炸食品的习惯性消费频率以及 21 种营养补充剂的消费频率。
截至 2021 年 9 月 30 日，353418 名 MVP 参与者的完整营养数据可用。总体而言，91.5%有营养数据的 MVP 参与者为男性，入组时的平均年龄为 65.7 岁。完成 SFFQ 的参与者主要为白人（82.5%），黑人占应答者的 13.2%。353418 名 MVP 参与者的平均（±SD）能量摄入量为 1428±616kcal/天，男性为 1434±617kcal/天，女性为 1364±601kcal/天。通过与 MVP 联系，可获得有关 322 种营养素和非营养性食物成分的能量和信息，用于研究合作，网址为 www.research.va.gov/mvp。
MVP SFFQ 得出的能量和营养数据是退伍军人健康和研究的宝贵资源。结合 MVP 生活方式调查、电子健康记录和基因组数据，MVP 营养数据可用于评估营养状况和相关风险因素、疾病流行率以及健康决定因素，为制定基于证据的公共卫生政策以及退伍军人和一般人群的健康促进计划和服务提供科学依据。
