Understanding the Variation within a Dietary Guideline Index Score to Identify the Priority Food Group Targets for Improving Diet Quality across Population Subgroups.

ABSTRACT: Globally, population dietary intakes fall below the guideline recommendations and large-scale interventions have had modest success in improving diet quality. To inform the development of more targeted approaches, this study analysed the variations in self-reported data from an online survey of Australian adults collected between 2015 and 2020, to identify common combinations of low scoring components within a dietary guideline index. A low score was defined as meeting less than half the guideline recommendations (a score <50 out of 100). Among 230,575 adults, a single component analysis showed that 79.5% had a low score for discretionary choices, 72.2% for healthy fats and 70.8% for dairy. The combinations approach showed 83.0% of individuals had two to five low scoring components, with m

SUBMITTER: Hendrie GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7825319 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature