Food Based Diet Quality Index
As there is no population specific simple food based diet index suitable for examination of diet quality in new zealand nz adolescents there is a need to develop such a tool.
Food based diet quality index. The dqs 0 12 points was constructed from a short 14 item food frequency questionnaire. As there is no population specific simple food based diet index suitable for examination of diet quality in new zealand nz adolescents there is a need to develop such a tool. Therefore this study aimed to develop an adolescent specific diet quality index based on dietary information sourced from a food questionnaire fq and examine its validity relative to a four day estimated food. Therefore this study aimed to develop an adolescent specific diet quality index based on dietary information sourced from a food questionnaire fq and examine its.
Her index comprised eight items six of which related to specific nutrients total fat saturated fatty acids sfa cholesterol protein sodium and calcium while the remaining two. We constructed a food based diet quality score dqs and examined its association with obesity measures eating styles and nutrient intakes. Participants were 3592 individuals 764 dizygotic dz and 430 monozygotic mz twin pairs from the finntwin16 study.