Table 1.

Scoring criteria for the provegetarian food patterns.

Provegetarian Food Pattern (Potential Range of 12–60)		Healthful/Unhealthful Provegetarian Food Patterns (Potential Range of 18–90)
Component	Criteria	Component	Criteria
Plant food Groups	Energy-Adjusted Quintiles	Plant Food Groups	Energy-Adjusted Quintiles
		Healthy	Healthful	Unhealthful
1. Vegetables	Positive	1. Vegetables	Positive	Reverse
2. Fruits	Positive	2. Fruits	Positive	Reverse
3. Legumes	Positive	3. Legumes	Positive	Reverse
4. Cereal grains	Positive	4. Whole grains	Positive	Reverse
5. Potatoes	Positive	5. Nuts	Positive	Reverse
6. Nuts	Positive	6. Olive oil	Positive	Reverse
7. Olive oil	Positive	7. Coffee	Positive	Reverse
		Less-healthy
Animal Food Groups		8. Fruit juices	Reverse	Positive
8. Dairy	Reverse	9. Potatoes	Reverse	Positive
9. Eggs	Reverse	10. Refined grains	Reverse	Positive
10. Meat	Reverse	11. Sugary beverages	Reverse	Positive
11. Fish & seafood	Reverse	12. Pastries	Reverse	Positive
12. Animal fat	Reverse	Animal Food Groups
		13. Dairy	Reverse	Reverse
		14. Eggs	Reverse	Reverse
		15. Meat	Reverse	Reverse
		16. Fish & seafood	Reverse	Reverse
		17. Miscellaneous food	Reverse	Reverse
		18. Animal fat	Reverse	Reverse