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Central Asia is linked to the Alternative Healthy Eating Index (AHEI) as a specific region where dietary quality trends, gender-based score differences, education-level disparities, and urban-rural score variations were measured and analyzed, as detailed in [1], [2], [3], [4], and [5].
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measurementThe largest differences in AHEI scores by education level were found in Central/Eastern Europe and Central Asia (+3.6), Latin America and the Caribbean (+3.5), and South Asia (+2.9).
measurementBetween 1990 and 2018, dietary quality trends as measured by the Alternate Healthy Eating Index (AHEI) increased in five of seven global regions: Central/Eastern Europe and Central Asia (+4.6), high-income countries (+3.2), Southeast and East Asia (+2.7), the Middle East and Northern Africa (+2.2), and Latin America and the Caribbean (+1.3).
measurementUrban residents had higher AHEI scores than rural residents in Central/Eastern Europe and Central Asia (+2.2) and Southeast and East Asia (+1.4), but lower scores in the Middle East and Northern Africa (-3.8).
measurementGlobally and regionally, women generally had higher mean AHEI scores than men, with the largest differences observed in high-income countries (+4.4) and in Central/Eastern Europe and Central Asia (+3.6).
measurementIn 2018, the mean AHEI score was substantially higher among adults compared with children in Central/Eastern Europe, Central Asia, high-income countries, and the Middle East and Northern Africa region.