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Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Data accumulated from Consumers' Association surveys are designed to be used by the consumer. The surveys are, therefore, very specific in nature and the subjects covered diverse. The Data Archive holds 19 such surveys. Readers are asked to note that, with the exception of the surveys on the Telephone Service - 69004, 69016, respondents surveyed are self selected from subscribers to the Association's magazine <i>Which?</i> and so the surveys cannot singly be used in descriptive accounts of the British public. Surveys 69005-69012 cover various aspects of the housing experiences of <i>Which?</i> readers who moved house in 1967 and 1968. It is here particularly important to remember that the choice strategies and the resources of <i>Which?</i> readers are unlikely to be typical.Main Topics:Exercise: frequency of participation in sporting activities; whether respondents take more or less exercise when they feel no need to slim (also whether to take more part in such activities would be: easy, possible or difficult); average hours per day spent walking; including walking to work, shopping etc. (whether to walk more would be: easy; possible or difficult); average hours per day spent sitting down. Eating habits: whether respondent always eat when they have an appetite; whether they always have an appetite when eating; cooked meals with family; snacks with family and courses that family usually have at main meal. Weight history: whether respondents can attribute a cause for excess weight (12 categories); length of time they have been overweight (7 categories); weight they would like to lose; also whether respondent has or has had children. Food `beliefs': whether fruit on a diet should be raw or tinned; whether glucose drinks etc. are useful on a diet to `keep you going'; whether sweets are a good way of giving children the extra energy they need. Weight...