Diet Quality And Chronic Disease

Research suggests that greater reductions in risk are possible with more specific guidance.

Diet quality and chronic disease. Moving toward improved dietary guidance the american journal of clinical nutrition volume 76 issue 6. Background adherence to the dietary guidelines for americans measured with the us department of agriculture healthy eating index hei was associated with only a small reduction in major chronic disease risk. We evaluated whether 2 alternate measures of diet quality the alternate healthy. Research suggests that greater reductions in risk are possible with more specific guidance.

In a cross sectional design the adiposity phenotype study a. We evaluated whether 2 alternate measures of diet quality the alternate healthy eating index ahei and the rec ommended food score rfs would predict chronic disease risk reduction more effectively than did the hei. Diet quality and major chronic disease risk in men and women. Moving toward improved dietary guidance january 2003 american journal of clinical nutrition 76 6 1261 71.

To understand how diet quality affects chronic disease etiology the associations of 4 a priori diet quality indices with blood levels of lipid soluble micronutrients and biomarkers of inflammation lipid and glucose metabolism were examined in 5 ethnic groups. Research suggests that greater reductions in risk are possible with more specific guidance. Adherence to the dietary guidelines for americans measured with the us department of agriculture healthy eating index hei was associated with only a small reduction in major chronic disease risk.