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Diet diversity score and healthy eating index in relation to diet quality and socio-demographic factors: results from a cross-sectional national dietary survey of Swedish adolescents by Moraeus, Lotta; Lindroos, Anna Karin; Warensjö Lemming, Eva; Mattisson, Irene is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

## Objective: Groups with low socio-economic status have less healthy diets and higher prevalence of non-communicable diseases. Using the latest Swedish national dietary survey data, we developed a healthy eating index and a diet diversity score with the aim to explore associations between the scores and socio-demographic factors. ## Design: Cross-sectional national dietary survey. A web-based retrospective registration of food and beverages during 2 d was used to assess dietary intake. This information was used to construct the Swedish Healthy Eating Index for Adolescents 2015 (SHEIA15) and the Riksmaten Adolescents Diet Diversity Score (RADDS). The scores were based on the latest Swedish dietary guidelines from 2015. Intakes of food and nutrients across the scores were examined. Mixed-effects multilevel models were used to assess associations between the scores and household education, sex, school grade, weight status and school municipality. ## Setting: School-based survey in Sweden. ## Participants: 2905 adolescents in grades 5, 8 and 11, 56 % girls. ## Results: High scores on SHEIA15 and RADDS were associated with higher intake of vegetables, fish and several nutrients, and lo

Author

Moraeus, Lotta; Lindroos, Anna Karin; Warensjö Lemming, Eva; Mattisson, Irene

Publisher

Cambridge University Press; Cambridge University Press (CUP); CABI Publishing (ISSN 1368-9800)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)