TABLE 2.
Summary of diet metrics included in the final evaluation1
Adapted from Fung et al. (15). AHEI-2010, Alternative Healthy Eating Index – 2010; GDQS, Global Diet Quality Score; GDQS+, GDQS Positive Submetric; GDQS-, GDQS Negative Submetric; MDD-W, Minimum Dietary Diversity – Women; PDQS, Prime Diet Quality Score.
Up arrows (green cells) indicate positively scored components (given more points for higher consumption), down arrows (red cells) indicate negatively scored components (given more points for lower consumption), and curved arrows (yellow cells) indicate components for which maximum points are assigned at moderate amounts of consumption. This table excludes the Simplified GDQS (refer to footnote to Table 11 for description), which was also included in the final evaluation.