Development and Application of a Total Diet Quality Index for Toddlers.
dc.contributor.author | Kay, Melissa C | |
dc.contributor.author | Duffy, Emily W | |
dc.contributor.author | Harnack, Lisa J | |
dc.contributor.author | Anater, Andrea S | |
dc.contributor.author | Hampton, Joel C | |
dc.contributor.author | Eldridge, Alison L | |
dc.contributor.author | Story, Mary | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-16T10:39:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-08-16T10:39:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-06-05 | |
dc.date.updated | 2022-08-16T10:39:17Z | |
dc.description.abstract | For the first time, the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans include recommendations for infants and toddlers under 2 years old. We aimed to create a diet quality index based on a scoring system for ages 12 to 23.9 months, the Toddler Diet Quality Index (DQI), and evaluate its construct validity using 24 h dietary recall data collected from a national sample of children from the Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) 2016. The mean (standard error) Toddler DQI was 49 (0.6) out of 100 possible points, indicating room for improvement. Toddlers under-consumed seafood, greens and beans, and plant proteins and over-consumed refined grains and added sugars. Toddler DQI scores were higher among children who were ever breastfed, lived in households with higher incomes, and who were Hispanic. The Toddler DQI performed as expected and offers a measurement tool to assess the dietary quality of young children in accordance with federal nutrition guidelines. This is important for providing guidance that can be used to inform public health nutrition policies, programs, and practices to improve diets of young children. | |
dc.identifier | nu13061943 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2072-6643 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2072-6643 | |
dc.identifier.uri | ||
dc.language | eng | |
dc.publisher | MDPI AG | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Nutrients | |
dc.relation.isversionof | 10.3390/nu13061943 | |
dc.subject | Humans | |
dc.subject | Diet Surveys | |
dc.subject | Reproducibility of Results | |
dc.subject | Feeding Behavior | |
dc.subject | Breast Feeding | |
dc.subject | Nutritional Status | |
dc.subject | Nutrition Policy | |
dc.subject | Infant | |
dc.subject | United States | |
dc.subject | Female | |
dc.subject | Male | |
dc.subject | Diet, Healthy | |
dc.title | Development and Application of a Total Diet Quality Index for Toddlers. | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
duke.contributor.orcid | Kay, Melissa C|0000-0002-9695-3126 | |
pubs.begin-page | 1943 | |
pubs.issue | 6 | |
pubs.organisational-group | Duke | |
pubs.organisational-group | School of Medicine | |
pubs.organisational-group | Clinical Science Departments | |
pubs.organisational-group | Family Medicine and Community Health | |
pubs.organisational-group | Pediatrics | |
pubs.organisational-group | Institutes and Provost's Academic Units | |
pubs.organisational-group | University Institutes and Centers | |
pubs.organisational-group | Duke Global Health Institute | |
pubs.organisational-group | Pediatrics, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health | |
pubs.publication-status | Published | |
pubs.volume | 13 |
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