Data
Year of publication
2020
Kind
Quantitative
Design
Longitudinal
Classification
NOVA, other
Country studied
Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Nigeria, the Philippines, Serbia, Sudan, the USA and Zimbabwe.
Data
Secondary
Data collected
Database
Study setting
Retail
Age group of participants
N/A
Participant sex
N/A
Target population
General
Sample size
n=4451 (food products)
Evaluating nutrient-based indices against food-and diet-based indices to assess the health potential of foods: How does the Australian health star rating system perform after five years?
goal
Evaluate the nutrient profile-informed Austrailian Health Star Rating (HSR), against NOVA and an index informed by the Austrailian Dietary Guidelines (ADGs), to determine the extent of alignment.
Results
The median HSR of non-UP foods (4) was significantly higher than UP foods (3.5) (p < 0.01), and the median HSR of FFG foods (4) was significantly higher than discretionary foods (2.5) (p < 0.01). However, 73% of UP foods, and 52.8% of discretionary foods displayed an HSR ≥ 2.5. Results indicate the currently implemented HSR system is inadvertently providing a ‘health halo’ for almost _ of UP foods and _ of discretionary foods displaying an HSR.
Authors
Dickie S, Woods JL, Baker P, Elizabeth L, Lawrence MA.
Log
Nutrients
DOIs