Methodological Aspects of Diet Quality Indicators in Childhood: A Mapping Review.

ABSTRACT: Diet quality indicators (DQIns) are tools that aim to assess an individual's overall diet quality. Previous reviews focused mainly on health-related outcomes but did not provide detailed information about components, assessment variables, or important methodological issues for the development and application of DQIns in the pediatric age. The current mapping review aims to provide comprehensive guidance regarding DQIns developed through a priori methodology in children aged ≤14 y that have been applied worldwide. A mapping review was conducted, whereby 1665 original articles describing the development, modifications, and updates of DQIns, published up to June 26, 2020, in English and Spanish, were retrieved. A total of 139 articles were identified and classified into 13 subgroups. There we

SUBMITTER: Hernandez-Ruiz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8634546 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature