[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 239 (Thursday, December 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70872-70873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24123]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 2007N-0200]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office 
of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Health and Diet 
Survey

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a 
proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Fax written comments on the collection of information by January 
14, 2008.

ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on the information collection are 
received, OMB recommends that written comments be faxed to the Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, 
FAX: 202-395-6974, or e-mailed to [email protected]. All comments 
should be identified with the OMB control number 0910-0545. Also 
include the FDA docket number found in brackets in the heading of this 
document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonna Capezzuto, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer (HFA-250), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857,301-827-4659.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA has 
submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for 
review and clearance.

Health and Diet Survey--(OMB Control Number 0910-0545)--Extension

    FDA is seeking extension of OMB approval for the Health and Diet 
Survey, which is a voluntary consumer survey intended to gauge and 
track consumer attitudes, awareness, knowledge, and behavior regarding 
various topics related to health, nutrition, and physical activity. The 
authority for FDA to collect the information derives from the 
Commissioner of Food and Drugs' authority provided in section 903(d)(2) 
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 393(d)(2)).
    The survey consists of two independent data collection activities.

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One collection, entitled ``Health and Diet Survey--General Topics,'' 
tracks a broad range of consumer attitudes, awareness, knowledge, and 
self-reported behaviors related to key diet and health issues. The 
other collection, entitled ``Health and Diet Survey--Dietary Guidelines 
Supplement,'' will provide FDA with updated information about consumer 
attitudes, awareness, knowledge, and behavior regarding various 
elements of nutrition and physical activity based on the key 
recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which are 
jointly issued by the Department of Health and Human Services and 
Department of Agriculture every 5 years.
    The information to be collected with the Health and Diet Survey--
General Topics will include: (1) Awareness of diet-disease 
relationships; (2) food and dietary supplement label use; (3) dietary 
practices including strategies to lose or maintain weight; and (4) 
awareness and knowledge of dietary fats. The information to be 
collected with the Health and Diet Survey--Dietary Guidelines 
Supplement will include: (1) Opinions about the nutrition information 
provided by the government; (2) awareness and familiarity with 
government nutrition programs and publications such as the Food Guide 
Pyramid and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans; (3) knowledge of the 
relationships between food choices, exercise habits, weight loss, and 
health; (4) choices surrounding exercise, calorie intake, saturated and 
trans fats, fruits and vegetables, whole grains, dairy, fish, meat, 
cholesterol, carbohydrates, salt, and sugar. The survey will also ask 
about use of Federal nutrition information, special diet, weight 
status, health status, and demographics.
    FDA and other Federal agencies will use the information from the 
Health and Diet Survey to evaluate and develop strategies and programs 
to encourage and help consumers adopt healthy lifestyles. The 
information will also help FDA and other Federal agencies evaluate and 
track consumer awareness and behavior as outcome measures of their 
achievement in improving public health.
    Description of Respondents: The respondents are adults, age 18 and 
older, drawn from the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 
Participation will be voluntary.
    In the Federal Register of May 25, 2007 (72 FR 29332), FDA 
published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the information 
collection provisions. No comments were received.

                                                     Table 1.--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden\1\
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                                                              No. of         Annual Frequency       Total Annual        Hours per
                       Activity                            Respondents         per Response          Responses           Response         Total Hours
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General Topics: Pretest                                                27                     1                 27               0.25               6.75
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General Topics: Screener                                           10,000                     1             10,000               0.02                200
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General Topics: Survey                                              3,000                     1              3,000               0.25                750
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Dietary Guidelines Supplement: Screener                             4,000                     1              4,000               0.02                 80
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Dietary Guidelines Supplement: Survey                               1,200                     1              1,200               0.22                264
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Total                                                                                                                                           1,300.75
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\1\There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.

    FDA has based its estimate of the number of respondents and the 
burden hours per response on its experience with the Health and Diet 
Survey over the past 3 years. The agency will use a screener to select 
an eligible adult respondent in each household to participate in the 
survey. For the Health and Diet Survey--General Topics data collection 
activity a total of 3,000 adults in the 50 states and the District of 
Columbia will be interviewed by telephone. We estimate that it will 
take a respondent 1.2 minutes (0.02 hours) to complete the screening 
questions and 15 minutes (0.25 hours) to complete the entire survey. 
Prior to the administration of the survey, the agency plans to conduct 
a pretest to identify and resolve potential problems. The pretest will 
be conducted with 27 participants; we estimate that it will take a 
respondent 15 minutes (0.25 hours) to complete the pretest. For the 
Health and Diet Survey--Dietary GuidelinesSupplement data collection 
activity a total of 1,200 adults in the 50 states and the District of 
Columbia will be interviewed by telephone. We estimate that it will 
take a respondent 1.2 minutes (0.02 hours) to complete the screening 
questions and 13.2 minutes (0.22 hours) to complete the entire survey. 
Target sample size of the combined data collection is 4,200 respondents 
who complete the survey.

    Dated: December 7, 2007.
Jeffrey Shuren,
Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
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