Data
Year of publication
2020
Kind
Quantitative
Design
Cross-sectional
Classification
NOVA
Country studied
Brazil
Data
Primary
Data collected
One 24 hours recall
Study setting
Clinic
Age group of participants
Children/1-2
Participant sex
Mixed
Target population
Vulnerable (children)
Sample size
n=106 (participants)
Cross-cultural measurement equivalence of the Healthy Eating Index adapted version for children aged 1 to 2 years
goal
Evaluate the cross-cultural measurement equivalence of the Healthy Eating Index (HEI) for children aged 1 to 2 years and to analyse the quality of nutrition of preterm intants.
Results
The diet quality was considered adequate when the total HEI score was over 80 points. Cronbach’s _ was 0·54. Regarding interobserver reliability, ten items showed strong agreement (_ > 0·8). The item scores had low correlations with energy consumed (r ≤ 0·30), and positive and moderate correlation of fruit (r 0·67), meat (r 0·60) and variety of diet (r 0·57) with total scores. When analysing the overall quality of the diet, most patients need improvement (median 78·7 points), which can be attributed to low total vegetable intake and the presence of ultra- processed foods in the diet. The instrument showed auspicious psychometric properties, being promising to evaluate the quality of the diet in children aged 1–2 years.
Authors
Ribas S, Santos D, Rosa G, Teixeira M, Rodrigues L, & Marques E.
Log
British Journal of Nutrition.
DOIs