TABLE 1.

Summary of adherence score criteria used for the Be Healthy in Pregnancy study intervention

Criteria	Category	Assessment/score attribution	Possible score ranges1
Are participants meeting their individualized EER?	Binary	Score 1: If a participant’s EI is within 1 population-derived SD of their individualized EER, they are adherent. Score 0: If their energy intake is not within 1 population-derived SD of their EER, they are not adherent	0 (nonadherent) or 1 (adherent)
Are participants consuming a high protein (25% of kcal sourced from protein) daily diet?	Binary	Score 1: If a participant’s protein intake is within 1 population-derived SD of 25% of their energy intake, they are adherent. Score 0: If their energy intake is not within 1 population-derived SD of 25% of their energy intake, they are not adherent	0 (nonadherent) or 1 (adherent)
Are participants sourcing 50% of their protein from dairy sources?	Binary	Score 1: If a participant’s protein intake is within 1 population-derived SD of being 50% sourced from dairy foods, they are adherent. Score 0: If a participant’s protein intake is not within 1 population-derived SD of being 50% sourced from dairy foods, they are not adherent	0 (nonadherent) or 1 (adherent)
Are participants walking 10,000 daily steps?	Continuous	Each participant’s daily step count is divided by 10,000 steps, and the fraction value is the point awarded. This is partial adherence. Participants who walk ≥10,000 steps will be considered fully adherent	Score can range anywhere between 0 (no steps, fully nonadherent) and 1 (≥10,000 steps, fully adherent). Scores in between account for partial adherence

Abbreviations: EER, estimated energy requirement; EI, energy intake

¹The range for possible total score is 0–4.