Assessment Of Diet Quality Index
No study has been adapted a dqi for patients with type 2 diabetes.
Assessment of diet quality index. A composite measure of diet quality is preferable to an index of nutrients food groups or health promoting behaviors in dietary assessment. Definitions of dqis o dietary quality indicators dqis aim to assess the overall diet and categorize individuals according to the extent to which their eating behaviour is healthy. However to date such a tool for chinese. We aimed to adapt healthy eating index and assess its validity for iranian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus t2dm.
In this cross sectional study the analysis was conducted on 489. As diet quality indices dqi are likely to be influenced by disease background adapting the existing indices for each disease is crucial. O predefined indexes assess dietary patterns based on current nutrition knowledge. The dqi i focused on three major aspects of diet.