Adapting the Planetary Health Diet Index for children and adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tools for measuring adherence to sustainable healthy diets among children and adolescents are lacking.

Objective

To advance methods for measuring adherence to sustainable healthy diets among children and adolescents by adapting an existing index, compare scores obtained using the original and adapted versions of the index in a sample of Chilean children, and describe the adapted index association with diet characteristics.

Methods

The Planetary Health Diet Index (PHDI) was adapted to better reflect children's and adolescents' nutritional requirements. The adapted index (PHDI-C) comprises 16 components with a maximum score of 150 points. PHDI-C was piloted among a sample of 958 Chilean children (3-6 years) using dietary data collected in 2016 through single

SUBMITTER: Venegas Hargous C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10722829 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature