Association between Diet-Quality Scores, Adiposity, Total Cholesterol and Markers of Nutritional Status in European Adults: Findings from the Food4Me Study

Diet-quality scores (DQS), which are developed across the globe, are used to define adherence to specific eating patterns and have been associated with risk of coronary heart disease and type-II diabetes. We explored the association between five diet-quality scores (Healthy Eating Index, HEI; Alternate Healthy Eating Index, AHEI; MedDietScore, MDS; PREDIMED Mediterranean Diet Score, P-MDS; Dutch Healthy Diet-Index, DHDI) and markers of metabolic health (anthropometry, objective physical activity levels (PAL), and dried blood spot total cholesterol (TC), total carotenoids, and omega-3 index) in... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Rosalind Fallaize
Katherine Livingstone
Carlos Celis-Morales
Anna Macready
Rodrigo San-Cristobal
Santiago Navas-Carretero
Cyril Marsaux
Clare O’Donovan
Silvia Kolossa
George Moschonis
Marianne Walsh
Eileen Gibney
Lorraine Brennan
Jildau Bouwman
Yannis Manios
Miroslaw Jarosz
J. Martinez
Hannelore Daniel
Wim Saris
Thomas Gundersen
Christian Drevon
Michael Gibney
John Mathers
Julie Lovegrove
Dokumenttyp: Text
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Verlag/Hrsg.: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Schlagwörter: diet scores / metabolic health / personalized nutrition / Healthy Eating Index / Mediterranean Diet Score / Dutch Healthy Diet Index / nutritional biomarkers / dried blood spots
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28996533
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10010049

Diet-quality scores (DQS), which are developed across the globe, are used to define adherence to specific eating patterns and have been associated with risk of coronary heart disease and type-II diabetes. We explored the association between five diet-quality scores (Healthy Eating Index, HEI; Alternate Healthy Eating Index, AHEI; MedDietScore, MDS; PREDIMED Mediterranean Diet Score, P-MDS; Dutch Healthy Diet-Index, DHDI) and markers of metabolic health (anthropometry, objective physical activity levels (PAL), and dried blood spot total cholesterol (TC), total carotenoids, and omega-3 index) in the Food4Me cohort, using regression analysis. Dietary intake was assessed using a validated Food Frequency Questionnaire. Participants (n = 1480) were adults recruited from seven European Union (EU) countries. Overall, women had higher HEI and AHEI than men (p < 0.05), and scores varied significantly between countries. For all DQS, higher scores were associated with lower body mass index, lower waist-to-height ratio and waist circumference, and higher total carotenoids and omega-3-index (p trends < 0.05). Higher HEI, AHEI, DHDI, and P-MDS scores were associated with increased daily PAL, moderate and vigorous activity, and reduced sedentary behaviour (p trend < 0.05). We observed no association between DQS and TC. To conclude, higher DQS, which reflect better dietary patterns, were associated with markers of better nutritional status and metabolic health.