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About the National Data
Data
Baseline: 2,517 milligrams (mg) of potassium from food and dietary supplements was the mean total daily intake by persons aged 2 years and over in 2013-16
Target: 2,769 mg
Methodology
To determine total potassium intake, several sources of potassium were considered, including foods and dietary supplements. The NHANES food consumption data included the collection of 1 day of dietary data for all respondents through in-person 24-hour recalls and collection of a 2nd-day 24-hour recall by telephone. Both dietary recalls are obtained by trained dietary interviewers using USDA's Automated Multiple Pass Method (AMPM). For these analyses, potassium intake from only the first 24-hour recall will be used. Each respondent was asked to recall the kinds and amounts of foods and beverages consumed at home and away from home during the previous day (midnight to midnight). Amounts of foods and beverages reported in household measures were then converted to gram amounts, and potassium intake from foods and beverages was estimated with the use of food composition files.
Breast-feeding children were excluded from the analysis.
History
In 2022, the baseline was revised from 2,512 to 2,517 due to a change in participant exclusion criteria for consistency with the analyses for food and nutrient intake objectives that were retained from HP2020. The target was revised from 2,763 to 2,769 using the original target setting method.
