Background The preventable premature mortality achievable by improvement in dietary
quality at a global level is unclear. Objective The aim of this study was to assess dietary …

Background: Indexes of diet quality have been shown to be associated with decreased risk
of mortality in several countries. It remains unclear if the Alternative Healthy Eating Index …

Diet quality indices assess compliance with dietary guidelines and represent a measure of
healthy dietary patterns. Few studies have compared different approaches to assessing diet …

Background Healthy dietary patterns are a global priority to reduce non-communicable
diseases. Yet neither worldwide patterns of diets nor their trends with time are well …

Background: Healthy dietary patterns have been linked positively with health and longevity.
However, prospective studies in diverse populations in the United States addressing dietary …

Evidence on what people eat globally is limited in scope and rigour, especially as it relates
to children and adolescents. This impairs target setting and investment in evidence-based …

Evaluation of time trends in dietary quality and their relation to disease burden provides
essential feedback for policy making. We used an index titled the Alternate Healthy Eating …

Background: Healthy diets promote optimal growth and development and prevent
malnutrition in all its forms, including undernutrition, obesity, and diet-related …

The World Health Organization (WHO) has formulated guidelines for a healthy diet to
prevent chronic diseases and postpone death worldwide. Our objective was to investigate …

Poor diet quality is thought to be a leading risk factor for years of life lost. We examined how
scores on 4 commonly used diet quality indices—the Healthy Eating Index 2010 (HEI), the …