INCA2 Individual national study of food consumption Database France – Intake and Exposure Datasets

INCA2 2006-20007 (INCA2) is the second iteration of the Individual National Survey on Food Consumption (INCA) initiated in 1998-1999 in France. INCA2 dataset is the collection of information obtained from the INCA2 survey that was conducted in 2006-2007. The survey is conducted by ANSES – National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety.  ANSES is an administrative scientific body operating within the Ministry of Health and Agriculture and looks over the domains of food, environment, work, health and well-being.

INCA2 2006-2007 survey is the tool used for risk assessment that provides an overview of the food consumption habits of the French population at that time period. The information gathered in the INCA2 2006-2007 survey allows producers, researchers and policymakers to find the amounts of substances found in the diet of French people. Data is available for both the beneficial substances found in the diet (vitamins, essential fatty acids, etc.) as well as the levels of exposure (i. e. Ingested doses) to harmful substances that may be present in the food items (heavy metals, pesticide residues, toxins, etc.) ANSES combines this data with the surveillance plans and covers the risks (microbiological, physical or chemical), to which an individual may be exposed. 

The datasets contain information from approximately 4000 study participants. Different themes are covered by the available data, in particular demographic and socioeconomic, food choice criteria, food preparation and storage, lifestyle, and state of health. More discrete data includes the daily nutritional intake of 38 different nutrients at the individual level, total food consumption over the week, consumption of food supplements, and nutritional intake from food supplements.