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B -- DIETARY INTERVIEW SOFTWARE AND DATABASE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT FOR THE DIETARY INTERVIEW COMPONENT OF NHANES IV SOL 200-97-7006 POC Contact Point -- Sharon Gayle, Contract Specialist, 301/436-7007 ext. 137, Contracting Officer, Ronald L. Atherholt The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) intends to award non-competitively a contract to the University of Minnesota, Nutrition Coordinating Center (NCC), Minneapolis, MN for the use of the Nutrition Data System (NDS), a microcomputer-based tool for dietary assessment and nutrient intake calculations. The NDS is currently used in several major clinical studies including the Women's Health Initiative Study, the Diet Intervention Study in Children (multiple centers), and the Polyp Prevention Trial. NCHS will use the NDS to collect all 24-hour dietary recall interview data (approximately 35,000 interviews total) during the fourth National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES IV), 1998-2004. NHANES IV data collection, transmittal, editing, and processing will be automated; all survey data, including third party software products such as the NDS will be managed by a centralized integrated survey information system (ISIS) that is currently under development as part of NCHS Contract No 200-96-7015. The NDS features an automated, interactive dietary interview module that prompts for detailed descriptions of foods and beverages as well as automated coding to a comprehensive nutrient and food database. Nutrient intakes and food gram weights are computed internally; nutrient summary reports are available for immediate review; additional reports can be generated from the NDS summary data file. The NDS is the only commercial software instrument that offers a standardized interview format with structured interview probes, a comprehensive food and nutrient database, and comparability with the dietary interview methodology used in NHANES III, 1988-94. The continued use of a standardized data collection methodology will allow direct comparison of NHANES III and NHANES IV data. The NDS food database contains more than 19,000 North American foods, including more than 7,000 brand name products. NCC will update the NDS with new foods, food amounts, and recipes as they are reported during the survey. The NDS nutrient database contains time-related data for 95 nutrients and food components including individual fatty acids, individual sugars, caffeine, and aspartame. The NCC will provide NDS database maintenance and client support for the duration of the survey. The period of performance is for six (6) years. All inquires must be submitted in writing and addressed to Sharon Gayle, Reference No. 200-97-7006. This announcement is not a Request for Proposal. See Note 22 (0359)

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