Diet quality indexes for use during pregnancy: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

High diet quality is related to better health outcomes in general. During pregnancy, a high-quality diet is of paramount importance to promote optimal maternal and neonatal outcomes. This is a scoping review of research available on diet quality indexes (DQIs) for use during pregnancy that summarizes the DQIs in terms of development, country of origin, population used, components, scoring and weighting of components, and evaluation. Furthermore, the DQIs are discussed narratively to inform and direct the development of improved and country-specific DQIs for pregnancy.

Methods

The EBSCOhost database was used to identify English-language, peer-reviewed articles published between 2000 and 2023, from which 11 publications were identified that describe the development of pre

SUBMITTER: Robb L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11464799 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature