Table 1.
Dietary scores for MedDiet, DASH, and MIND.
| Food group | MedDiet | DASH | MIND | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Serves | Score | Item | Serves | Score | Item | Serves | Score | |
| Oil and fat | Olive oil,% | < 50% | 0 | % kcal from fat | ≥33 | 0 | Olive oil | < 50% | 0 |
| kcal from oil and fats | ≥50% | 1 | >30 to < 33 | 0.5 | ≥50% | 1 | |||
| fats and oils | ≤ 30 | 1 | fats and oils | ||||||
| Olive oil | < 13.5 g | 0 | % kcal from saturated | ≥13 | 0 | ||||
| ≥13.5 g | 1 | fatty acids | >10 to < 13 | 0.5 | |||||
| ≤ 10 | 1 | ||||||||
| Fruit and vegetables | Vegetables | < 2 | 0 | Vegetables | < 2 | 0 | Green leafy vegetables | ≤ 0.29 | 0 |
| ≥2 | 1 | ≥2 to < 4 | 0.5 | >0.29 to < 0.86 | 0.5 | ||||
| ≥4 | 1 | ≥0.86 | 1 | ||||||
| Fruit | < 3 | 0 | Fruits | < 2 | 0 | Other vegetables | < 0.71 | 0 | |
| ≥3 | 1 | ≥2 to < 4 | 0.5 | ≥0.71 to < 1 | 0.5 | ||||
| ≥4 | 1 | ≥1 | 1 | ||||||
| Berries | < 0.14 | 0 | |||||||
| ≥0.14 to < 0.29 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| ≥0.29 | 1 | ||||||||
| Meat | Red meat, hamburger, | >1 | 0 | Meats, poultry and fish | ≥4 | 0 | Red meat and products | ≥1 | 0 |
| and meat products | ≤ 1 | 1 | >2 to < 4 | 0.5 | ≥0.57 to < 1 | 0.5 | |||
| ≤ 2 | 1 | < 0.57 | 1 | ||||||
| Chicken,% kcal from | ≤ 50% | 0 | Fish | < 0.033 | 0 | ||||
| meat intake | >50% | 1 | ≥0.033 to < 0.14 | 0.5 | |||||
| ≥0.14 | 1 | ||||||||
| Fish and shellfish | < 0.43 | 0 | Poultry | < 0.14 | 0 | ||||
| ≥0.43 | 1 | ≥0.14 to < 0.29 | 0.5 | ||||||
| ≥0.29 | 1 | ||||||||
| Dairy | Butter, margarine | >1 | 0 | Dairy | < 1 | 0 | Butter and margarine | >2 | 0 |
| and cream | ≤ 1 | 1 | ≥1 to < 2 | 0.5 | ≥1 to ≤ 2 | 0.5 | |||
| ≥2 | 1 | < 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Cheese | ≥1 | 0 | |||||||
| ≥0.14 to < 1 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| < 0.14 | 1 | ||||||||
| Nuts and legumes | Nuts | < 0.43 | 0 | Nuts, seeds, and | < 0.29 | 0 | Nuts | < 0.033 | 0 |
| ≥0.43 | 1 | dry beans | ≥0.29 to < 0.57 | 0.5 | ≥0.033 to < 0.71 | 0.5 | |||
| ≥0.57 | 1 | ≥0.71 | 1 | ||||||
| Legumes | < 0.43 | 0 | Beans | < 0.14 | 0 | ||||
| ≥0.43 | 1 | ≥0.14 to ≤ 0.43 | 0.5 | ||||||
| >0.43 | 1 | ||||||||
| Grains | Total grain intake | < 5 | 0 | Whole grains | < 1 | 0 | |||
| ≥5 to < 7 | 0.5 | ≥1 to < 3 | 0.5 | ||||||
| ≥7 | 1 | ≥3 | 1 | ||||||
| Whole grain intake | < 1 | 0 | |||||||
| ≥1 to < 2 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| ≥2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Other | Sofrito | < 0.29 | 0 | Sodium (mg/d) | >2,401 | 0 | |||
| ≥0.29 | 1 | >1,500 to ≤ 2,401 | 0.5 | ||||||
| ≤ 1,500 | 1 | ||||||||
| Discretionary food | Commercial sweets or | ≥0.43 | 0 | Sweets | ≥1.14 | 0 | Pastries, sweets | ≥1 | 0 |
| pastries | < 0.43 | 1 | >0.71 to < 1.14 | 0.5 | ≥0.71 to < 1 | 0.5 | |||
| ≤ 0.71 | 1 | < 0.71 | 1 | ||||||
| Sweet carbonated | ≥1 | 0 | Fast/fried foods | ≥0.57 | 0 | ||||
| beverages | < 1 | 1 | (times/day) | ≥0.14 to < 0.57 | 0.5 | ||||
| < 0.14 | 1 | ||||||||
| Alcohol | Wine | < 1 | 0 | Wine | >1 or 0 | 0 | |||
| ≥1 | 1 | >0 to < 1 | 0.5 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||
All in serves per day except those labeled differently. Definition of a serve was based on the original scoring of the diet, for serving sizes not reported in the original score, the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference dietary guidelines (2015–2020) was used to define a serve or the NIAA for alcohol (a more detailed description of scoring will be published elsewhere).