Abstract Analysis of dietary patterns has largely focused on their association with diseases
or risk factors, but limited research has been conducted on the heterogeneity of population …

The objective of the present study was to determine the proportion of adults meeting national
recommendations for food and nutrient intake and to identify the demographic, socio …

Food and nutrition are important issues of interest to policy makers, practitioners, and
academics around the world due to the far-reaching consequences for society, households …

The aim of this study was to examine empirical dietary patterns in UK adults and their
association with sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle factors, self-reported nutrient …

Background: Foods tend to be consumed in combinations, and dietary pattern analysis and
diet-quality scores are often more appropriate methods of assessing overall diet quality than …

Background Dietary patterns analyses reduce detailed dietary intake data to underlying
patterns, derived empirically or based on a priori knowledge. Brief tools to assess diet …

Scores that assess adherence to a good-quality diet would be expected to be associated
with health outcomes if the dietary data are valid, but they may not work so well if the dietary …

ObjectiveTo test whether diets achieving recommendations from the UK's Scientific Advisory
Committee on Nutrition (SACN) were associated with higher monetary costs in a nationally …

Background/objectives Little is known about time trends in diet quality and associated
inequalities in the UK. This study aimed to examine trends in adherence to four UK dietary …

Background: Poor diet quality is a major public health concern that has prompted
governments to introduce a range of measures to promote healthy eating. For these …