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| Component | Score | Age (years) | Scoring criteria | ||||||||||||||||
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| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | |||
| Added sugara | 10 | ≤10% of total energy intake | WHO | ||||||||||||||||
| Fata | 2.5 | 30–40% | 25–35% | AMDR | |||||||||||||||
| Linoleic acid (18_2)a | 2.5 | ≤5–10% of total energy | (ω-6 f.a.) | ||||||||||||||||
| Linolenic acid (18_3)a | 2.5 | 0.6–1.2% of total energy | (ω-3 f.a.) | ||||||||||||||||
| DHA and EPAa | 2.5 | ≤10% of α-linolenic acid | (More potent ω-3 f.a.) | ||||||||||||||||
| Total grainsa,c | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | Food groups |
| Whole grainsa,c | 5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Food groups |
| Fruita,c | 10 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Food groups |
| Vegetablea,c | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Food groups |
| Excess juicea | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | AAP age-appropriate limit |
| Dairya,c | 10 |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Food groups and AAP |
| Ironb | ≤3.0 | ≤4.1 | ≤5.9 | ≤7.7 | ≤EAR = 0 points | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | 3.1–6.9 | 4.2–9.9 | 6.0–7.9 | 7.8–10.9 | EAR-RDA = 5 points | ||||||||||||||
| ≥7 | ≥10 | ≥8 | ≥11 | ≥RDA = 10 points | |||||||||||||||
| TV/energya,d | 10 | EER: 1120 | EER: 1162 | EER: 1215 | EER: 1275 | EER: 1328 | EER: 1393 | EER: 1453 | EER: 1530 | EER: 1601 | EER: 1691 | EER: 1798 | EER: 1935 | EER: 2090 | EER: 2223 | EER: 2320 | EER: 2366 | EER: 2383 | 2 hours TV Energy ± 10% of EER |
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| Total Points | 90 | ||||||||||||||||||
aContinuous score.
bCategorical variable based on less than EAR (0 pts), EAR-RDA (5 pts), or meets RDA (10 pts).
cDietary Guidelines MyPyramid food group patterns by age-appropriate energy patterns (page 292).
dCombined score: (TV score + energy score)/2.
TV score: ≤2 hours of TV = 10 points.
EER score = 0.9 ∗ EER to 1.1 ∗ EER = 10 points, otherwise for overconsumption 10 points − ((actual intake/highest EER point ∗ 100))%, for underconsumption 10 − (actual intake/lowest EER point ∗ 100)%.
Imputation data, if TV/screen time was missing in the dataset:
2–4 year olds: 2 hours (28).
2–6 year olds: 2 hours/d.
7–9 year olds: 3.5 hours/d (includes video and videogames) (29).
8–10 year olds: 4.5 hours/d.
11–14 year olds: 4.5 hours/d.
15–18 year olds: 3.5 hours/d (30).
10–19 year olds: 3 hours/d (31).
6–19 year olds: 4–6 hours/d (32).
Use for RC-DQI coding:
2–6 year olds: 2 hours/d.
7–14 year olds: 4 hours/d.
15–18 year olds: 3.5 hours/d.