North Dakota Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

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NDHHS is currently conducting the 2025 ND BRFSS telephone survey. If your phone number was randomly selected to participate, please consider taking the time to complete the anonymous survey to help inform and improve the health of North Dakotans.

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Data Briefs

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in North Dakota

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Mensah EA, Khan MM, Odoi A, Njau G, Schmidt M, Lord J (2024) Prevalence and predictors of coronary heart disease among individuals with and without obesity in North Dakota. PLoS ONE 19(11): e0313283. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313283
Day, C.A., Njau, G., Schmidt, M. et al. Predictors of self-reported hypertension among women of reproductive age in North Dakota. BMC Public Health 25, 22 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20525-6
Danielson R., Schmidt M., & Griechen M (2025) Adverse childhood experiences affect health outcomes for adults in North Dakota: 2019–2022 BRFSS population profile. Front. Public Health. 13:1517431. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1517431/full