Diet Quality Indices Used in Australian and New Zealand Adults: A Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal.

ABSTRACT: Distilling the complexity of overall diet into a simple measure or summative score by data reduction methods has become a common practice in nutritional epidemiology. Recent reviews on diet quality indices (DQI) have highlighted the importance of sound construction criteria and validation. The aim of this current review was to identify and critically appraise all DQI used within Australian and New Zealand adult populations. Twenty-five existing DQI were identified by electronic searching in Medline and hand searching of reference lists. DQI were constructed based on the respective national dietary guidelines and condition-specific recommendations. For preferable features of DQI, six captured the dimensions of adequacy, moderation and balance; five had a nested structure; 12 consisted of fo

SUBMITTER: Hlaing-Hlaing H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7763901 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature