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Diet Quality of Americans Differs by Age, Sex, Race/Ethnicity, Income, and Education Level

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The Healthy Eating Index-2005 was used to describe the diet quality of Americans by varying sociodemographic characteristics in order to provide insight as to where diets need to improve.
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This article is published in Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.The article was published on 2013-02-01. It has received 669 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey & Population.

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Update of the Healthy Eating Index: HEI-2010.

TL;DR: The HEI-2010 captures the key recommendations of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines and, like earlier versions, will be used to assess the diet quality of the US population and subpopulations, evaluate interventions, research dietary patterns, and evaluate various aspects of the food environment.
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The Healthy Eating Index-2010 Is a Valid and Reliable Measure of Diet Quality According to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans

TL;DR: The validity and the reliability of both versions of the HEI are supported, with low correlations with energy observed for HEI-2010 total and component scores, and PCA indicated multiple underlying dimensions, highlighting the fact that the component scores are equally as important as the total.
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Perspectives on ethnic and racial disparities in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias: Update and areas of immediate need

Ganesh M. Babulal, +61 more
TL;DR: A cross‐PIA white paper that provides both a concise “state‐of‐the‐science” report of ethnoracial factors across PIA foci and updated recommendations to address immediate needs to advance ADRD science across ethnorracial populations is synthesized.
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Association between Haem and Non-Haem Iron Intake and Serum Ferritin in Healthy Young Women.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that intake of both HI and NHI, as well as adequate dietary energy, are associated with normal iron status levels in young women, and that restrained eaters may be at greater risk of low iron status.
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Socioeconomic status and risk factors for cardiovascular disease: Impact of dietary mediators

TL;DR: The association between socioeconomic status and cardiovascular disease risk factors and the role of different dietary mediators is reviewed and a gradient in the incidence, morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular disease across the spectrum of socioeconomic status is suggested.
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Annual Medical Spending Attributable To Obesity: Payer-And Service-Specific Estimates

TL;DR: This analysis presents updated estimates of the costs of obesity for the United States across payers (Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers), in separate categories for inpatient, non-inpatient, and prescription drug spending.
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Health-related quality of life of severely obese children and adolescents.

TL;DR: Severely obeseChildren and adolescents have lower health-related QOL than children and adolescents who are healthy and similar QOL as those diagnosed as having cancer.
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010: An update

TL;DR: The oral health practitioner will find that familiarity with the 2010 guidelines will enable him or her to assist patients in making better food choices for oral and systemic health.
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Effects of Fast-Food Consumption on Energy Intake and Diet Quality Among Children in a National Household Survey

TL;DR: Consumption of fast food among children in the United States seems to have an adverse effect on dietary quality in ways that plausibly could increase risk for obesity.
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