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. 2019 Nov 1;142:104370. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2019.104370

Table 4.

Indicators used to analyse the nutrition survey.

Diet Quality Description Metric
Nutritional quality of the diet Micro and macro nutrient quality of the diet Mean daily intakes for a set of key nutrients
Micro and macro nutrient quality of the diet Usual mean intakes for a set of key nutrients
Women's Dietary Diversity Score Food group diversity of the diet, micronutrient proxy Count of the number of food groups consumed out of 10
Minimum Dietary Diversity Reached Food group diversity of the diet, micronutrient proxy 5 or more food groups out of 10 consumed)
Dietary Species Richness Biodiversity levels of the diet Count of the number of unique species consumed
Ultra-processed food consumption Relative contribution of ultra-processed foods in the diet % Energy from Ultra processed foods
Quantity of ultra-processed foods in the diet Mean intake from ultra-processed foods (g)
Nutrition Knowledge and Attitudes: Composite Indicator of the below, evenly weighted
Micronutrient Knowledge Count of correct answers
Micronutrient Attitudes Count of positive answers
Diet diversity knowledge Count of correct answers
Diet diversity attitudes Count of positive answers
Under nutrition knowledge Count of correct answers
Under nutrition attitudes Count of positive answers
Over nutrition knowledge Count of correct answers
Overnutrition attitudes Count of positive answers
Contribution of ultra-processed foods Sources of ultra- processed foods per retail outlet typology % of ultra- processed foods per retail outlet typology
Quantity of ultra-processed food consumed g of ultra- processed foods per retail outlet typology and % of total energy intake
Source of nutrients per retail outlet Micro and macronutrients intakes, consumed from foods sourced from the different retail outlet typologies % value of total daily nutrient intakes per retail outlet typology (
Absolute value of nutrient intakes per retail outlet typology