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Household Budget Surveys

Also known as: HBS, Household Budget Survey

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A Consensus Proposal for Nutritional Indicators to Assess ... - Frontiers frontiersin.org Frontiers in Nutrition 13 facts

claimEurostat collects information on Agri-environmental indicators (AEIs), Household Budget Surveys (HBS), and farm-to-fork statistics.

claimHousehold Budget Surveys (HBS) are national surveys primarily focused on consumption expenditure, conducted in all European Union Member States to calculate weights for the consumer price index.

referenceThe DAFNE project publication and the 'European Nutrition and Health Report 2009' provide an overview of Household Budget Surveys (HBS) with the aim of harmonizing data codes for nutritional analysis.

claimData sources for the Fruit and Vegetable Consumption indicator include National Individual Dietary Surveys (IDS), Household Budget Surveys (HBS), and Food and Agriculture Organization Food Balance Sheets (FAO FBS).

claimPer capita Dietary Energy Supply (DES) can be used as an alternative to dietary energy intake data, with information gathered from Food Balance Sheets (FBS) and Household Budget Surveys (HBS).

claimThe abbreviation HBS stands for Household Budget Surveys.

formulaThe mathematical relationship between quantities of food items in different dietary assessment instruments is Food Balance Sheets (FBS) > Household Budget Surveys (HBS) > Individual Dietary Surveys (IDS).

claimFood Balance Sheets (FBS) represent food items available per capita, whereas Individual Dietary Surveys (IDS) and Household Budget Surveys (HBS) provide different levels of disaggregation and detail regarding eating patterns.

claimHousehold Budget Surveys (HBS) do not include meals eaten outside the home, but they do include kitchen wastes and leftovers.

claimHousehold Budget Surveys (HBS) underestimate the consumption of fish, meat, pulses, and vegetables, while overestimating the consumption of sugar, honey, and cereals compared to Individual Dietary Surveys (IDS).

claimIndividual Dietary Surveys (IDS) provide the most accurate figures for actual daily food consumption compared to Household Budget Surveys (HBS) and Food and Agriculture Organization Food Balance Sheets (FAO FBS).

claimFood Balance Sheets (FBS) and Household Budget Surveys (HBS) overestimate energy intake in a non-linear fashion, and while FBS includes eating out, HBS does not.

measurementEurostat has collated and published Household Budget Survey (HBS) data every 5 years since 1988, with the most recent collection rounds occurring in 2005 and 2010.