There are many foods/drinks included in the diet survey (ASA24) and many activities in the activity survey (ACT24) – but we know that they don’t include everything!   

 For ASA24 (Diet Survey) 

First, if the words you’re using to search for a food are too specific, you may not be able to find it.  So as a first step, you could try using a less detailed search term.  For example, if you want to report “barbequed chicken sandwich,” try searching for “chicken sandwich” and review the options that come up. 

If you still can’t find what you’re looking for that’s close to the item you ate/drank, you can either: 

• choose “Add a recipe” on the search results page, which will allow you to put in ingredients for your food item (i.e. build a recipe) 

• or 

• choose “I can’t find what I’m looking for” at the bottom of the search results page, which will bring up an open text box and you can write in your item

For ACT24 (Activity Survey) 

If you can’t find the activity you are looking for, choose the “Other” option located at the bottom of the activity options list within the category – this will open a text box and you can describe your activity as well as add the relevant details (i.e. when you started and stopped and the level of activity/exertion).