Evaluation of daily eating patterns on overall diet quality using decision tree analyses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preliminary evidence suggests that meal timing is associated with higher quality diets. Less is known about whether types of food consumed during specific eating episodes (i.e., day-level eating patterns) predict diet quality.

Objectives

We investigated the association between day-level eating patterns and diet quality.

Methods

Decision tree models were built using 24-h dietary recall data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2015 and 2017 cycles in a cross-sectional study. Sixteen food groups and 12 eating episodes (e.g., breakfast, lunch) were included as input parameters. Diet quality was scored using the Healthy Eating Index-2020 and categorized as higher or lower quality diets based on the median score. Mean decrease in impurity (M

SUBMITTER: Lin AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11393402 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature