2014
The Healthy Eating Index-2010 Is a Valid and Reliable Measure of Diet Quality According to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Abstract: The Healthy Eating Index (HEI), a measure of diet quality, was updated to reflect the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the accompanying USDA Food Patterns. To assess the validity and reliability of the HEI-2010, exemplary menus were scored and 2 24-h dietary recalls from individuals aged ≥2 y from the 2003-2004 NHANES were used to estimate multivariate usual intake distributions and assess whether the HEI-2010 1) has a distribution wide enough to detect meaningful differences in diet quality among ind…
Search citation statements
Paper Sections
Select...
527
188
115
88
Citation Types
27
698
5
10
Year Published
2010
2026
Publication Types
Select...
728
54
23
16
Relationship
11
810
Authors
Journals
Cited by 794 publications
(740 citation statements)
References 32 publications
27
698
5
10
“…It is well known that women in general eat more healthily than men and the BALANCE DI found variations across sex, with women having higher scores in the total index. This finding is consistent with previous studies assessing different diet indexes, which also observed women having a more favorable diet [ 25 , 28 – 30 ]. The higher consumption of fruits and vegetables by women is usually the reason they obtain better scores in DI [ 28 ].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
“…It is well known that women in general eat more healthily than men and the BALANCE DI found variations across sex, with women having higher scores in the total index. This finding is consistent with previous studies assessing different diet indexes, which also observed women having a more favorable diet [ 25 , 28 – 30 ]. The higher consumption of fruits and vegetables by women is usually the reason they obtain better scores in DI [ 28 ].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
“…In addition, the positive influence of cigarette smoking on BMI may be attributed to the dietary patterns of smokers. In line with recent research indicating less healthy eating habits for smokers [ 66 , 67 ], our study showed that smokers’ eating habits are characterized by frequent intake of more energy-dense foods (e.g., meat products and white-toasted bread) and less frequent consumption of healthy food items, such as whole-grain bread, vegetables and fruits. These food choices may result in a poor diet and subsequent weight gain.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…Poor-quality diets also tend to be clustered with unhealthy lifestyles such as smoking and alcohol binging. Former and non-smokers reported better diet quality as shown by higher HDHI scores compared to current smokers, and this finding corroborates findings from previous studies [ 31 , 32 , 33 ]. Alcohol consumption appears to be related to HDHI scores, as heavy drinkers scored lowest in HDHI, followed by former drinkers and non-drinkers.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
