Table 1.

Global dietary recommendations assessed using the healthy diet indicator 2020 (HDI-2020)

		Dietary element Elements based on HDI-2020	Global recommendation	Reference source for guideline	Criteria for scoring (quantitative intake in one day)	Approach to coding and analysing data
Dietary components to limit	1	Total fat	<30 % total energy	World Health Organisation	<30 % total energy	Total fat identified and calculated from 24-h diet recall data
	2	Saturated fat	<10 % total energy	World Health Organisation	<10 % total energy	Saturated fat identified and calculated from 24-h diet recall data
	3	Salt (dietary sodium)	<5 g/d (<2000 mg sodium/d)	World Health Organisation	<2000 mg sodium	Dietary sodium identified and calculated from 24-h diet recall data
	4a	Free (added) sugars (24-h recall)	<10 % total energy	World Health Organisation	<10 % total energy	Added sugars identified and calculated from 24-h diet recall data
	4b	Free sugars (DQ-Q)	<10 % total energy	World Health Organisation	<10 % total energy	Free sugars identified using DQ-Q criteria Amount consumed calculated from 24-h diet recall data
	5	Processed meat	‘Consume very little, if any, processed meat’	World Cancer Research Fund	0 g	Processed meat identified using DQ-Q criteria Amount consumed calculated from 24-h diet recall data
	6	Unprocessed red meat	≤350–500 g/week	World Cancer Research Fund	≤71 g	Unprocessed red meat identified using DQ-Q criteria Amount consumed calculated from 24-h diet recall data
Dietary components to encourage	7	Fruits and vegetables	≥400 g/d	World Health Organisation	≥400 g	Fruits and vegetables identified using DQ-Q criteria Amount consumed calculated from 24-h diet recall data
	8	Beans and other legumes	‘A healthy diet contains…legumes’	World Health Organisation	>0 g	Beans and legumes identified using DQ-Q criteria Amount consumed calculated from 24-h diet recall data
	9	Nuts and seeds	‘A healthy diet contains… nuts’	World Health Organisation	>0 g	Nuts and seeds identified using DQ-Q criteria Amount consumed calculated from 24-h diet recall data
	10	Whole grains	‘A healthy diet contains…whole grains’	World Health Organisation	>0 g	Whole grains identified using DQ-Q criteria Amount consumed calculated from 24-h diet recall data
	11	Dietary fibre	>25 g/d	World Health Organisation	>25 g	Dietary fibre identified and calculated from 24-h diet recall data

DQ-Q, diet quality questionnaire.