Development of a dietary index based on the Brazilian Cardioprotective Nutritional Program (BALANCE).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The diet of the Brazilian Cardioprotective Nutritional Program (BALANCE) classifies food into four groups and sets the daily amount to be consumed. The dietary approach of BALANCE is different from other dietary recommendations; therefore, it is not possible to use existing dietary indexes (DI) to assess patient's adequacy to BALANCE diet. For this reason, it is important to develop a specific dietary index based on BALANCE diet. This study aims to describe the development of the BALANCE DI, evaluate its internal consistency, construct and content validity and population characteristics associated with the index.

Methods

We analyzed baseline data from the BALANCE randomized clinical trial ( https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ ; NCT01620398). The four food groups of th

SUBMITTER: Tereza da Silva J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5935976 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature