Application of the Global Diet Quality Score in Chinese Adults to Evaluate the Double Burden of Nutrient Inadequacy and Metabolic Syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The double burdens of under- and overnutrition are changing the health of individuals and the economic and disease burdens in China. Poor diet plays an important role; however, a valid and easily operationalized metric that could capture the full range of characteristics of the diet that are relevant to both under- and overnutrition is lacking in China.

Objectives

We aimed to examine the application of the Global Diet Quality Score (GDQS) to evaluate nutrient inadequacy and metabolic syndrome in different demographic groups of Chinese adults.

Methods

A total of 35,146 individuals (men 14,978, women 20,168) aged >18 y from the 2010-2012 China National Nutrition and Health Survey were included. We scored the GDQS using average intakes of 25 food groups from 3

SUBMITTER: He Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8542094 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature