Self-perception of dietary quality and adherence to food groups dietary recommendations among Mexican adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mexicans' adherence to food group's dietary recommendations is low and an inaccurate self-perception of dietary quality might perpetuate this low adherence. Our aim was to compare the intake and the adherence to the dietary recommendations for several food groups, subgroups, and to an overall Mexican Diet Quality Index (MxDQI), among those that perceived their diet as healthy vs. those that did not.

Methods

We analyzed data from 989 subjects 20-59 y old from the nationally representative Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey 2016. Dietary intake was collected with one 24-h recall and a repeated recall in 82 subjects. Self-perception of dietary quality was evaluated with the following question "Do you consider that your diet is healthy? (yes/no)". We used th

SUBMITTER: Batis C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7310597 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature