ArticleJournal of nutritional health & food science2016
Development of a Diet Quality Score for Infants and Toddlers and its association with weight.
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- Indexes to assess feeding practices of children under 2 years old: a systematic review.Public health nutrition · 2021Pooled it
- Diet quality indices and their associations with health-related outcomes in children and adolescents: an updated systematic review.Nutrition journal · 2020Pooled it
- Baby-Feed Pilot Trial for Improving Diet and Weight Gain in Infants and Toddlers.Maternal and child health journal · 2026Trial
- The effect of the Baby-Feed website intervention on diet quality in healthy infants: a randomized controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2026Trial
- Effect of a Short Messaging Service (SMS) intervention delivered to caregivers on energy, nutrients, and food groups intake in infant participants of the WIC program.Frontiers in public health · 2022Trial
- Effect of a Multi-Site Trial using Short Message Service (SMS) on Infant Feeding Practices and Weight Gain in Low-Income Minorities.Journal of the American College of NutritionTrial
- Reproducibility of an 85-item Child Food Frequency Questionnaire (85-item Child-FFQ) and diet quality scores among Polish children: The cross-sectional PITNUTS 2024 study.BMC pediatrics · 2026Observational
- Infant Diet Is Associated With BMI Later in Childhood: A Nation-Wide Mother-Child Cohort Study in Iceland (ICE-MCH).Maternal & child nutrition · 2026Article
- Parent-Reported Measures of Weight-Related Health Behaviors in Early Childhood: A Scoping Review.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2025Article
- An Infant Diet Score Based on Health Records Is Associated With BMI: A Nationwide Mother-Child Cohort Study in Iceland (ICE-MCH).Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Article
- Trends in Toddler Diet Quality in the United States: 1999 to 2018.Pediatrics · 2024Article
- Associations between child eating behaviors with eating patterns and diet quality in preschool-aged children.Appetite · 2024Article
- The Infant Diet Quality Index Predicts Dietary and Adiposity Outcomes in US Children 2 to 4 years old.The Journal of nutrition · 2023Article
- An online survey of dietary quality during complementary feeding; associations with maternal feeding self-efficacy and adherence to dietary recommendations.BMC nutrition · 2022Article
- Adaptation of a Modified Diet Quality Index to Quantify Healthfulness of Food-Related Toy Sets.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2022Article
- Methodological Aspects of Diet Quality Indicators in Childhood: A Mapping Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2021Review
- Intervention to promote physical activation and improve sleep and response feeding in infants for preventing obesity early in life, the baby-act trial: Rationale and design.Contemporary clinical trials · 2020Article
- Dietary quality among children from 6 months to 4 years, NHANES 2011-2016.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2020Article
- Longitudinal Associations between Dietary Patterns and Weight Status in Puerto Rican Infants and Toddlers' Participants of the WIC Program.Puerto Rico health sciences journal · 2019Article
- The Development and Evaluation of a Diet Quality Index for Asian Toddlers and Its Perinatal Correlates: The GUSTO Cohort Study.Nutrients · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo create a Diet Quality Index Score (DQIS) for infants and toddlers and to assess its relative validity.
designThree DQIS were created (0-5, 8-11 and 12-24 months) based on a validated food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). Nine components were included, scored from 0 (inadequate) to 5 (adequate consumption) based on guidelines for timing of food's introduction and portion sizes; the component on breastfeeding (Yes/No) was scored (0-15). Infants 6-7 months were excluded as new foods are introduced during this period. The total score (0-55 points) was categorized as Excellent (≥45), Good (35-44), Needs improvement (25-34), and Poor (<25). Relative validity was assessed against weight status among a sample of 296 children using logistic regression.
resultsIn infants 0-5 months (n=100), mean DQIS was 42.4±9.3 and 52% had 'Excellent' diets. In infants 8-11 months (n=42), mean DQIS was 36.1±7.7 and most had 'Good' diets (47.6%). Among toddlers 12-24 months (n=117), mean DQIS was 25.7±8.0 and most had 'Poor' diets (50.4%). There was a trend for a higher odd of Excessive weight in those with 'Poor' diets compared to those with 'Excellent' diets, after controlling for confounders (OR 2.01; 95% CI: 0.85, 5.18).
conclusionsThese scores could be used to assess diet quality in infants and toddlers. There was a trend for a higher odd of Excessive weight among those with 'Poor' diets. To our knowledge, this is the first algorithm for the assessment of diet quality in infants and toddlers considering intake of each food group and their portion sizes.
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