Dietary diversity has been recognized as an essential component of a quality diet, based on the principle that no single food can provide adequate nutrients needed to maintain good health. Many national and international food-based dietary guidelines address dietary diversity as an essential feature, although definitions vary slightly by country and cultural nutritional patterns. However, there is no consensus on dietary diversity and how to measure and operationalize it.
Compared to other food consumption indices, which involve collecting complex quantitative information, dietary diversity indices are easier to implement and can potentially be used in large-scale epidemiological studies. Therefore, many dietary diversity indices have been developed and used as indicators of the nutritional adequacy of diets or as recommendations for maintaining optimal health.
Although several comprehensive or systematic reviews have been conducted, there is a lack of complete information on how dietary diversity is conceptualized and measured in context and whether the proposed indicators are associated with dietary adequacy and health outcomes.
This Research Topic, titled “Dietary Diversity Indicators: Cultural Preferences and Health Outcomes”, will cover wide research topics, including, but not limited to, the following:
• Ethnic, cultural, and environmental differences and the development of dietary diversity indicators and assessment.
• Development and evaluation of lifestyle differences and dietary diversity indicators and assessment.
• Evidence on dietary diversity indicators and health outcomes.
Accepted article types include Original Research, Systematic Review, Clinical Trial, Conceptual Analysis, Brief Research Report.
Dietary diversity has been recognized as an essential component of a quality diet, based on the principle that no single food can provide adequate nutrients needed to maintain good health. Many national and international food-based dietary guidelines address dietary diversity as an essential feature, although definitions vary slightly by country and cultural nutritional patterns. However, there is no consensus on dietary diversity and how to measure and operationalize it.
Compared to other food consumption indices, which involve collecting complex quantitative information, dietary diversity indices are easier to implement and can potentially be used in large-scale epidemiological studies. Therefore, many dietary diversity indices have been developed and used as indicators of the nutritional adequacy of diets or as recommendations for maintaining optimal health.
Although several comprehensive or systematic reviews have been conducted, there is a lack of complete information on how dietary diversity is conceptualized and measured in context and whether the proposed indicators are associated with dietary adequacy and health outcomes.
This Research Topic, titled “Dietary Diversity Indicators: Cultural Preferences and Health Outcomes”, will cover wide research topics, including, but not limited to, the following:
• Ethnic, cultural, and environmental differences and the development of dietary diversity indicators and assessment.
• Development and evaluation of lifestyle differences and dietary diversity indicators and assessment.
• Evidence on dietary diversity indicators and health outcomes.
Accepted article types include Original Research, Systematic Review, Clinical Trial, Conceptual Analysis, Brief Research Report.