Established diet quality indices are not universally associated with body composition in young adult women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine which established diet quality indices best predict weight-related outcomes in young women.

Design

In this cross-sectional analysis, we collected dietary information using the Harvard FFQ and measured body fat percentage (BF%) by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. We used FFQ data to derive five diet quality indices: Recommended Food Score (RFS), Healthy Eating Index 2015 (HEI-2015), Alternate Healthy Eating Index 2010 (AHEI-2010), alternate Mediterranean Diet Score (aMED) and Healthy Plant-Based Diet Index (HPDI).

Setting

University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Participants

Two hundred sixty healthy women aged 18-30 years.

Results

The AHEI-2010 and HPDI were associated with BMI and BF%, such that a ten-point increase in either diet

SUBMITTER: Zagarins SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195517 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature