ArticleNutrients2021
Development and Application of a Total Diet Quality Index for Toddlers.
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- Measuring Dietary Quality Among Toddlers in the Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study, 2016, Using the New Healthy Eating Index-Toddlers-2020.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2025Article
- Development of a quality eating index and its relationship with nutritional status in adults.Journal of public health research · 2025Article
- Association of household food insecurity with diet quality in a nationally representative sample of United States toddlers: a cross-sectional study.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Article
- Trends in Toddler Diet Quality in the United States: 1999 to 2018.Pediatrics · 2024Article
- Human Milk Feeding and Ultraprocessed Food Intake in Toddlerhood.Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine · 2024Article
- Sisvan food intake markers from six to 23 months: critical analysis and validation.Revista de saude publica · 2024Article
- Count Every Bite to Make "Every Bite Count": Measurement Gaps and Future Directions for Assessing Diet From Birth to 24 Months.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2023Article
- The timing and quality of sleep was associated with dietary quality and anthropometry in toddlers born preterm.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2023Article
- Comparing Diet Quality Indices for Low-Income 24-Month-Old Toddlers: Exploring Changes Driven by 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.The Journal of nutrition · 2023Article
- Feeding Infants and Toddlers Studies (FITS) Provide Valuable Information for Setting Dietary Guidelines.Nutrients · 2022Article
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Abstract
For the first time, the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans include recommendations for infants and toddlers under 2 years old. We aimed to create a diet quality index based on a scoring system for ages 12 to 23.9 months, the Toddler Diet Quality Index (DQI), and evaluate its construct validity using 24 h dietary recall data collected from a national sample of children from the Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) 2016. The mean (standard error) Toddler DQI was 49 (0.6) out of 100 possible points, indicating room for improvement. Toddlers under-consumed seafood, greens and beans, and plant proteins and over-consumed refined grains and added sugars. Toddler DQI scores were higher among children who were ever breastfed, lived in households with higher incomes, and who were Hispanic. The Toddler DQI performed as expected and offers a measurement tool to assess the dietary quality of young children in accordance with federal nutrition guidelines. This is important for providing guidance that can be used to inform public health nutrition policies, programs, and practices to improve diets of young children.
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