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Nutrition and Health Characteristics of Low-Income Populations: Healthy Eating Index

  • by Biing-Hwan Lin
  • 2/14/2005
  • AIB-796-1

Overview

The Healthy Eating Index measures how well American diets conform to recommended healthy eating patterns, looking at 10 dietary components. The Nutrition and Health Characteristics of Low-Income Populations study examined the Healthy Eating Index using 1988-94 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES-III) data. The measures provide a baseline to monitor the dietary quality of Americans, focusing on the low-income population.

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