Diet quality index for healthy food choices
Keywords:
Eating, Food guide, Food quality, Health foodAbstract
Objective
To present a Diet Quality Index proper for dietary intake studies of Brazilian adults.
Methods
A diet quality index to analyze the incorporation of healthy food choices was associated with a digital food guide. This index includes moderation components, destined to indicate foods that may represent a risk when in excess, and adequacy components that include sources of nutrients and bioactive compounds in order to help individuals meet their nutritional requirements. The diet quality index-digital food guide performance was measured by determining its psychometric properties, namely content and construct validity, as well as internal consistency.
Results
The moderation and adequacy components correlated weakly with dietary energy (-0.16 to 0.09). The strongest correlation (0.52) occurred between the component ‘sugars and sweets’ and the total score. The Cronbach’s coefficient alpha for reliability was 0.36.
Conclusion
Given that diet quality is a complex and multidimensional construct, the Diet Quality Index-Digital Food Guide, whose validity is comparable to those of other indices, is a useful resource for Brazilian dietary studies. However, new studies can provide additional information to improve its reliability.
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