Eating and Health Module (ATUS)
Eating and purchasing pattern data for food assistance and nutrition policies and programs
PUBLISHED ON Jan 1, 2016
LAST UPDATED Dec 7, 2017
ACCESS TYPEOpen
Metadata Updated: April 24, 2018

USDA’s Economic Research Service, along with its funding and technical assistance cosponsors—the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI)—worked with the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Census Bureau to collect data for the 2014-16 Eating & Health Module (EH Module), a supplement to the American Time Use Survey (ATUS). The 2014-16 EH Module asks ATUS respondents about secondary eating—that is, eating while doing another activity; soft drink consumption; grocery shopping preferences and fast food purchases; meal preparation and food safety practices; food assistance participation; general health, height and weight, and exercise; and income.