Dietary diversity, which refers to the total number of different foods consumed per day or per
week and their association with health outcomes, can be used to improve nutritional …

" Background and Objectives: Dietary diversity is an indicator of diet quality. Dietary diversity
has been suggested to result in good nutrient intake, but it can affect dietary cost. We …

It is generally believed that higher dietary diversity is associated with better health status.
The dietary diversity of individuals may change with age; however, evidence on the …

Diet guidelines recommend increasing dietary diversity. Yet, metrics for dietary diversity
have neither been well-defined nor evaluated for impact on metabolic health. Also, whether …

The recommendation to eat diverse types of foodstuffs is an internationally accepted
recommendation for a healthy diet. The importance of dietary variety is based on several …

Background and Objectives: To evaluate the association between dietary diversity and all-
cause mortality in older adults. Methods and Study Design: 17,949 community-based elderly …

Regions are significant for the way we understand and strategize food for health and
economic development. They generally represent various food cultures and opportunities for …

Background/objectives Eating a variety of foods has been recommended in the dietary
guidelines of many developed nations, as well as global dietary guidelines. We investigated …

Objectives: To evaluate various diet quality indices and to estimate their associations with
major non-communicable diseases (NCD)(ie diabetes mellitus (DM) and myocardial …

Objectives Assessing the quality of the total diet is a relatively new focus of studies in
nutritional epidemiology. New indexes of healthful eating patterns have been largely limited …