Diet quality assessment indexes

Various indices and scores based on admittedly healthy dietary patterns or food guides for the general population, or aiming at the prevention of diet-related diseases have been developed to assess diet quality. The four indices preferred by most studies are: the Diet Quality Index; the Healthy Eati...

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Autores: Baiocchi de CARVALHO, Kênia Mara, Said DUTRA, Eliane, PIZATO, Nathalia, Dias GRUEZO, Nádia, Kiyomi ITO, Marina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-CAMPINAS)
Repositorio:Revista de Nutrição
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br:article/8350
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/nutricao/article/view/8350
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Diet
Diet mediterranean
Indexes
Dieta
Dieta mediterrânea
Índices
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Sumario:Various indices and scores based on admittedly healthy dietary patterns or food guides for the general population, or aiming at the prevention of diet-related diseases have been developed to assess diet quality. The four indices preferred by most studies are: the Diet Quality Index; the Healthy Eating Index; the Mediterranean Diet Score; and the Overall Nutritional Quality Index. Other instruments based on these indices have been developed and the words ‘adapted’, ‘revised’, or ‘new version I, II or III’ added to their names. Even validated indices usually find only modest associations between diet and risk of disease or death, raising questions about their limitations and the complexity associated with measuring the causal relationship between diet and health parameters. The objective of this review is to describe the main instruments used for assessing diet quality, and the applicationsand limitations related to their use and interpretation.