Development and validation of a Brief Diet Quality Assessment Tool in the French-speaking adults from Quebec

Authors :: J. Lafrenière
S. Harrison
D. Laurin
C. Brisson
D. Talbot
P. Couture
S. Lemieux
B. Lamarche
Source :: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2019)
Publication Year :: 2019
Publisher :: BMC, 2019.
Abstract: Abstract Background The objective of this study was to develop and validate a short, self-administered questionnaire to assess diet quality in clinical settings, using the Alternative Healthy Eating Index (AHEI) as reference. Methods A total of 1040 men and women (aged 44.6 ± 14.4 y) completed a validated web-based food frequency questionnaire (webFFQ) and had their height and weight measured (development sample). Participants were categorized arbitrarily according to diet quality (high: AHEI score ≥ 65/110, low: AHEI score

Subjects :: Diet quality
Classification and regression tree
Alternative healthy eating index
Brief diet quality assessment tool
Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases
RC620-627
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270

Language :: English
ISSN :: 14795868
Volume :: 16
Issue :: 1
Database :: Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: edsdoj.3a35b9cae164ae894c3900bc725e059
Document Type :: article
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-019-0821-6

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