Diet quality through adolescence and early adulthood: cross-sectional associations of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet index and component food groups with age
Abstract:Late adolescence to early adulthood is the period of life when prevalence of overweight and obesity rises the fastest, and an important time to understand changes in dietary risk factors. In this study we assess variation in diet quality through analysis of cross-sectional data from 2957 individuals aged 13 to 30 from the National Diet and Nutrition Study (2008-2016). Diet data were self-reported using 4-day food diaries and coded to give diet quality (DASH index, range 0-80) and DASH component food groups (gr… Show more
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