Seventeen-Year Associations between Diet Quality Defined by the Health Star Rating and Mortality in Australians: The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Health Star Rating (HSR) is the government-endorsed front-of-pack labeling system in Australia and New Zealand.

Objectives

We aimed to examine prospective associations of a dietary index (DI) based on the HSR, as an indicator of overall diet quality, with all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality.

Methods

We utilized data from the national population-based Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study. The HSR-DI at baseline (1999-2000) was constructed by 1) calculation of the HSR points for individual foods in the baseline FFQ, and 2) calculation of the HSR-DI for each participant based on pooled HSR points across foods, weighted by the proportion of energy contributed by each food. Vital status was ascertained by linkage to

SUBMITTER: Pan XF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7649117 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature