heiscore.data

The heiscore.data package contains the dietary recall data used by the heiscore package. The datasets include National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data converted to Food Patterns Equivalents Database components. Additionally, this package contains the Healthy Eating Index (HEI) scoring standards that the heiscore package uses to calculate HEI scores using three distinct methods prescribed by the National Cancer Institute.

This package contains the following datasets:

• fped_0506: data from the 2005-06 NHANES cycle
• fped_0708: data from the 2007-08 NHANES cycle
• fped_0910: data from the 2009-10 NHANES cycle
• fped_1112: data from the 2011-12 NHANES cycle
• fped_1314: data from the 2013-14 NHANES cycle
• fped_1516: data from the 2015-16 NHANES cycle
• fped_1718: data from the 2017-18 NHANES cycle
• fped_1720: data from the 2017-March 2020 Pre-pandemic NHANES cycle
• HEI_scoring_standards: standards to achieve the maximum component HEI scores for individuals ages 2 years or older
• HEI_scoring_standards_toddlers: standards to achieve the maximum component HEI scores for individuals ages 12 through 23 months

Installation

# Install the heiscore package from CRAN
install.packages("heiscore.data")

Example

Import a dataset from the heiscore.data package.

library(heiscore.data)
data('fped_0708')