Healthy Eating Index: Assessment of the Diet Quality of a Brazilian Elderly Population

Background: The food consumption assessment is necessary to monitor elderly’s nutritional status because it allows detecting nutrition deficits and guiding the elaboration of effective conducts. Objective: The objective of this study is to assess the global quality of the elderly’s diet in Viçosa—MG...

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Main Authors: Dalila Pinto de Souza Fernandes, Maria Sônia Lopes Duarte, Milene Cristine Pessoa, Sylvia do Carmo Castro Franceschini, Andréia Queiroz Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-12-01
Series:Nutrition and Metabolic Insights
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1178638818818845