Diet and Nutritional Status of Rural Population, Prevalence of Hypertension and Diabetes among Adults, and Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices 2009-2012

India, 2009 - 2012

Reference ID

IND_2009-2012_DNSRPPHDAIYCFP_v01_M_v01_A_ESS

Producer(s)

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR, भारतीय आयुर्विज्ञान अनुसंधान परिषद), National Institute of Nutrition of India (भारत के राष्ट्रीय पोषण संस्थान)

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

Study website

Created on

May 11, 2026

Last modified

May 11, 2026

Identification

Survey ID number

IND_2009-2012_DNSRPPHDAIYCFP_v01_M_v01_A_ESS

Title

Diet and Nutritional Status of Rural Population, Prevalence of Hypertension and Diabetes among Adults, and Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices 2009-2012

Abbreviation or Acronym

DNSRPPHDAIYCFP 2009-12

Country

Name	Country code
India	IND

Study type

Individual Food Consumption/Dietary Survey [hh/ifcs]

Abstract

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR, भारतीय आयुर्विज्ञान अनुसंधान परिषद) established the National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau (NNMB) in 1972 in the States of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. The NNMB has been carrying out repeat surveys in both rural and tribal areas, by visiting the same villages about every 10 years. The general objective of this survey was to assess the current diet and nutritional status and time trends among rural population in all 10 NNMB States.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Individuals

Scope

Notes

The survey collected information on:

SUBJECTS: information on the participants such as age, sex and geographical location
CONSUMPTION: information on all foods consumed by each participant in each survey day, including quantities and nutrient values

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

National coverage, only rural areas

Universe

General population was covered in the survey.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR, भारतीय आयुर्विज्ञान अनुसंधान परिषद), National Institute of Nutrition of India (भारत के राष्ट्रीय पोषण संस्थान)

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

The survey was a cross-sectional community-based survey, carried out in 10 States of India, and it employed a multi-stage probability sampling procedure.

Weighting

No surveys weights were used in this survey.

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2009-02-23	2012-12-21

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Data Collection Notes

Individual 24-hour quantitative dietary recalls were collected from all survey respondents, covering both weekdays and weekends. No repeated dietary recalls were collected. A single respondent provided information for themselves and every other household member (e.g. the person responsible for cooking). A parent or other guardian was a proxy respondent for preschool children aged under 7 or for participants with communication disorders (e.g., hearing impairment, intellectual disability).

Data Access

Confidentiality

Confidentiality declaration text
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The micro dataset cannot be re-disseminated by users or shared with anyone other than the individuals that are granted access to the micro dataset by FAO.

Citation requirements

Diet and Nutritional Status of Rural Population, Prevalence of Hypertension and Diabetes among Adults, and Infant and Young child feeding practices, 2009-2012; Indian Council of Medical Research, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad. Harmonized for the Global Dietary Database.

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer

The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email
Food and Nutrition Division	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	fao-who-gift@fao.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_IND_2009-2012_DNSRPPHDAIYCFP_v01_M_v01_A_ESS_FAO

Producers

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Food and Nutrition Division	ESN	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	Metadata producer
Statistics Division	ESS	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	Metadata adapted for FAM
Development Data Group	DECDG	World Bank Group	Metadata adapted for World Bank Microdata Library

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Identical to a metadata (IND_2009_2012_DNSRPPHDAIYCFP_v01_M_v01_A_ESS) published on FAO microdata repository (https://microdata.fao.org/index.php/catalog). Some of the metadata fields have been edited.

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