| Autor: |
Subha Ramanathan, Guy Faulkner, Tanya Berry, Sameer Deshpande, Amy E. Latimer-Cheung, Ryan E. Rhodes, John C. Spence, Mark S. Tremblay |
| Jazyk: |
English<br />French |
| Rok vydání: |
2018 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, Vol 38, Iss 4, Pp 170-178 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2368-738X |
| DOI: |
10.24095/hpcdp.38.4.03 |
| Popis: |
Introduction: Poor diet quality has been shown to increase the risk of common chronic diseases that can negatively impact quality of life and burden the healthcare system. Canada’s Food Guide evidence-based recommendations provide dietary guidance aimed at increasing diet quality. Compliance with Canada’s Food Guide can be assessed with the Canadian Healthy Eating Index (C-HEI), a diet quality score. The recently designed Canadian Diet History Questionnaire II (C-DHQ II), a comprehensive food frequency questionnaire could be used to estimate the C-HEI in Canadian populations with the addition of food group equivalents (representing Canada’s Food Guide servings) to the C-DHQ II nutrient database. We describe methods developed to augment the C-DHQ II nutrient database to estimate the C-HEI. Methods: Food group equivalents were created using food and nutrient data from existing published food and nutrient databases (e.g. the Canadian Community Health Survey — Cycle 2.2 Nutrition [2004]). The variables were then added to the C-DHQ II companion nutrient database. C-HEI scores were determined and descriptive analyses conducted for participants who completed the C-DHQ II in a cross-sectional Canadian study. Results: The mean (standard deviation) C-HEI score in this sample of 446 adults aged 20 to 83 was 64.4 (10.8). Women, non-smokers, and those with more than high school education had statistically significant higher C-HEI scores than men, smokers and those with high school diplomas or less. Conclusion: The ability to assess C-HEI using the C-DHQ II facilitates the study of diet quality and health outcomes in Canada. |
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