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. 2021 Jun 30;12(6):2435–2494. doi: 10.1093/advances/nmab053

TABLE 2j.

Food group components included in the Other Healthy Diet Indexes diet quality indicator1

Authors, publication, year (Ref) Indicator Water Vegetables Fruits Cereals Legumes Nuts Fats Dairy Eggs Fish Meat Snacks FF Sweets SSBs Miscellaneous
Kleiser et al., 2009 (138) Healthy Nutrition Score (HuSKY) ✓ (+)2 ✓ (+) ✓ (+) ✓ (+)3, 4 ✓ (.)5 ✓ (.) ✓ (+) ✓ (+) ✓ (+)6 ✓ (–)7 ✓ (–)7 ✓ (–)7 ✓ (–)2
Lazarou et al., 2009 (139) Foods E-KINDEX score (E-KINDEX) ✓ (+) ✓ (+)8 ✓ (+)9 ✓ (+) ✓ (.) ✓ (.)10 ✓ (-)7 ✓ (-)7 ✓ (-)
Bisi Molina et al., 2010 (140) School Child Diet Index (ALES) ✓ (+) ✓ (+)8 ✓ (+) ✓ (–)11 ✓ (+)12 ✓ (+) ✓ (–) ✓ (–) ✓ (–) ✓ (–)
Marshall et al., 2012 (141) Australian Child and Adolescent Recommended Food Score (ACARFS) ✓ (+) ✓ (+) ✓ (+)13 ✓ (+)14 ✓ (+)15 ✓ (+)15 ✓ (.)16 ✓ (+)17 ✓ (+)17 ✓ (+)17 ✓ (.)
Spence et al., 2013 (142) Obesity Protective Dietary Index (OPDI) ✓ (+)4 ✓ (+) ✓ (–)7 ✓ (–)7 ✓ (–)7 ✓ (–)7
Durksen et al., 2015 (143) Unhealthy Eating Index Canada (UEI-Ca15) ✓ (+) ✓ (+) ✓ (+) ✓ (+) ✓ (–)7 ✓ (–)7 ✓ (–)7 ✓ (–)7
Haapala et al., 2015 (144) Baltic Sea Diet Score (BSDS) ✓ (+)7 ✓ (+)7 ✓ (+)3 ✓ (+)7 ✓ (+) ✓ (–)17
Hardiansyah et al, 2015 (145) Balanced Diet Index (BDI) ✓ (+) ✓ (+) ✓ (+)15 ✓ (+) ✓ (+)7 ✓ (+)7 ✓ (+)7
Cheng et al., 2016 (146 ) Chinese Children Dietary Index (CCDI) ✓ (+) ✓ (+) ✓ (+) ✓ (.) ✓ (+) ✓ (.) ✓ (.) ✓ (+) ✓ (.) ✓ (–)
Winpenny et al., 2018 (148) Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension index (DASH index) ✓ (+) ✓ (+) ✓ (.)3 ✓ (+)15 ✓ (+)15 ✓ (–) ✓ (.)16 ✓ (.)7 ✓ (.)7 ✓ (.)7 ✓ (–)
Kunto and Bras, 2019 (149) Berry Index (BI) ✓ (+) ✓ (+) ✓ (.) ✓ (.) ✓ (.) ✓ (.)
Liu et al., 2020 (150) American Heart Association Score (AHAS) ✓ (+) ✓ (+) ✓ (+)18 ✓ (+)15 ✓ (+)15 ✓ (+) ✓ (–)19 ✓ (–)
No. of studies using this component in this indicators subgroup 3 12 12 8 8 3 3 9 6 9 9 5 5 6 7 1
1

Check symbol denotes that a component is included in the indicator. +, the component is scored positively or as improving the DQ; –, the component is scored negatively or as decreasing the DQ; dot, the component gets the higher score when it fits within a specific range or the score is unspecified. DQ, diet quality; FF, fast food; SSBs, sugar-sweetened beverages.

2

Beverages components.

3

Whole grains as single component.

4

Includes potatoes.

5

Butter and margarine.

6

Meat, poultry, and sausage.

7

In the same component.

8

Includes juices.

9

Bread as single component.

10

Salted and smoked meat as single component.

11

Mayonnaise.

12

Milk.

13

Includes fresh, canned, and dried fruit.

14

Includes whole grain.

15

Plant proteins.

16

Includes whole-fat and skim milk and soy drinks.

17

Includes sausage.

18

Only tubers.

19

Processed meat.