Evaluation of the Prime Diet Quality Score from Early Childhood Through Mid-Adolescence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few diet quality indices have been developed and validated for use among children and adolescents. Additionally, many available indices require completion of burdensome dietary assessments.

Objectives

We aimed to calculate and evaluate the performance of a modified version of the food-based Prime Diet Quality Score (PDQS) derived from different diet assessment methods conducted at 4 time points in a single study population from childhood through adolescence.

Methods

Among 1460 child participants in the Project Viva cohort, we calculated the PDQS in early and mid-childhood and early and mid-adolescence using dietary data obtained from food frequency questionnaire (early childhood: parent report), PrimeScreen (mid-childhood: parent report; early adolescence:

SUBMITTER: Switkowski KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11217026 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature