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A Systematic Review of Peer-Reviewed Studies on Diet Quality Indexes Applied to Old Age: A Multitude of Predictors of Diet Quality

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This review presents factors associated with diet quality in older adults and reveals possible reasons for some observed associations. It may facilitate a redevelopment of public health strategies. Formulating age-tailored dietary guidance that takes impaired health into account is one example that may lead to diet improvements in the elderly.

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Abbreviations

24-HR:

24 Hour dietary recall

BMI:

Body mass index

DAS:

Dietary Adequacy Score

DDS:

Dietary Diversity Score

DGI:

Dietary Guideline Index

DQI:

Dietary Quality Index

EDI:

Elderly Dietary Index

FFI:

Food Frequency Index

FFQ:

Food Frequency Questionnaire

HDS:

Healthy Diet Score

HEI:

Healthy Eating Index

HRT:

Hormone replacement therapy

WHO:

World Health Organization

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Freisling, H., Knaze, V., Slimani, N. (2013). A Systematic Review of Peer-Reviewed Studies on Diet Quality Indexes Applied to Old Age: A Multitude of Predictors of Diet Quality. In: Preedy, V., Hunter, LA., Patel, V. (eds) Diet Quality. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7315-2_26

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