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nutritional quality
Also known as: nutrient quality, nutritional quality of diets
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A Scoping Review of Indicators for Sustainable Healthy Diets frontiersin.org Jan 12, 2022 8 facts
referenceA 2019 study by Esteve-Llorens et al. assessed the life cycle carbon footprint and nutritional quality of the Atlantic dietary pattern, characterizing it as an environmentally sustainable and healthy diet.
referenceThe 'Nutrient-Rich Foods Index' was developed and validated by Fulgoni, Keast, and Drewnowski in 2009 as a tool to measure the nutritional quality of foods.
claimThe PANDiet score is justified because it is based on adherence to national nutrition and health recommendations and tracks with other indicators of nutritional quality among French and U.S. national health and nutrition surveys (Masset et al., 2014b; Lacour et al., 2018; Seconda et al., 2018, 2019).
claimThe health effects of climate change will compound global health challenges by impacting crop yields, the nutrient quality of foods, and changing land and ocean temperatures, as reported by Myers et al. (2017).
referenceLachat C., Raneri J. E., Smith K. W., Kolsteren P., Van Damme P., and Verzelen K. (2018) published 'Dietary species richness as a measure of food biodiversity and nutritional quality of diets' in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
referenceCastañé and Antón (2017) assessed the nutritional quality and environmental impact of Mediterranean and vegan diets.
referenceVan Kernebeek et al. (2014) studied the effect of nutritional quality on comparing the environmental impacts of human diets.
referenceGonzález-García et al. (2018) analyzed the carbon footprint and nutritional quality of different human dietary choices.
A Consensus Proposal for Nutritional Indicators to Assess ... - Frontiers frontiersin.org 4 facts
claimIt is not definitively established that high nutritional quality in a diet is always associated with low environmental impact.
referenceMasset, G., Soler, L.G., Vieux, F., and Darmon, N. authored the paper 'Identifying sustainable foods: the relationship between environmental impact, nutritional quality, and prices of foods representative of the French diet,' published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in 2014.
claimThe Individual Dietary Diversity Score (IDDS) is used as a proxy for the nutritional quality of an individual's diet to assess the adequacy of nutrient intake.
referenceVieux, F., Soler, L.G., Touazi, D., and Darmon, N. authored the paper 'High nutritional quality is not associated with low greenhouse gas emissions in self-selected diets of French adults,' published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2013.
Measurement of diets that are healthy, environmentally sustainable ... frontiersin.org 2 facts
measurementA global simulation model found that diets of higher nutritional quality that are less environmentally damaging would cost less than current diets in many high-income settings, primarily due to lower spending on animal-source foods.
referenceGonzález-García et al. published 'Carbon footprint and nutritional quality of different human dietary choices' in Science of the Total Environment in 2018.
Sustainable and healthy diet index (SHDI) unveils regional ... link.springer.com Sep 11, 2025 1 fact
referencePan W-H, Wu S-Y, and Chang P-C published 'Is nutrient quality of the locally-existing, EAT-lancet-like plant-based diet better or worse than the average diet in Taiwan? An example of local translation' in the journal Nutrients in 2024.
Ethnobotanical and Food Composition Monographs of Selected ... ouci.dntb.gov.ua 1 fact
referenceAfolayan and Jimoh (2009) studied the nutritional quality of several wild leafy vegetables in South Africa.
How do the indices based on the EAT-Lancet recommendations ... medrxiv.org May 14, 2024 1 fact
measurementHigher scores on dietary indices were associated with higher nutritional quality and lower environmental impact, but were associated with unfavourable results for zinc intake, vitamin B12, and water use.
An ethnobotanical study on wild edible plants in Taishan County ... frontiersin.org Jul 10, 2025 1 fact
referenceA 2011 study by Srivastava evaluated the nutritional quality of various cultivated and wild species of the genus Amaranthus L.
Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in the mountainous ... link.springer.com Oct 4, 2024 1 fact
claimThe ecological significance of wild edible plants includes their role in ecosystem-based adaptation, their contribution to food security during scarcity, and their potential to enhance the nutritional quality of diets in rural areas.
The role of light in regulating plant growth, development and sugar ... frontiersin.org Jan 6, 2025 1 fact
claimIn celery, increased light intensity leads to an increase in plant height and aboveground biomass, as well as affecting nutritional quality and the accumulation of flavonoid components.
Western pattern diet - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimGrain refining increases the shelf life of products and softens breads and pastries, but the process decreases the nutritional quality of the grains.