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The Survey of Sugar Intake among Children in Scotland, 2006 was commissioned by the Food Standards Agency Scotland in 2005 to provide robust information on the diet of Scottish children, with a particular focus on the intake of non-milk extrinsic sugars (NMES) and sugar-containing foods. It was also designed to track progress towards the Scottish Dietary Target which stipulates less than 10 per cent of the total calories consumed should be NMES which are sugars added to food and drink, table sugar and those present in fruit juices. The principal aim of the survey was to estimate intake of NMES and other macronutrients and foods in a nationally representative sample of Scottish children aged three to sixteen years old. Further information about the survey can be found on the Food Standards Agency project web page.

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The key elements of the study are:a self-completion of food frequency questionnairea face-to-face interview covering socio-demographic factors, lifestyle, physical activity and dental healthtaking physical measurements of the child (height and weight)

Multi-stage stratified random sample

Face-to-face interview

Self-completion

Diaries