Sustainable Dietary Score: Methodology for Its Assessment in Mexico Based on EAT-Lancet Recommendations.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Campirano, Fabricio López-Olmedo, Nancy Ramírez-Palacios, Paula Salmerón, Jorge
Editor	Karatzi, Kalliopi
Copyright Year	2023
Abstract	We developed a Sustainable Dietary Score (SDS) based on the EAT-Lancet commission’s recommendations and evaluated its adherence in a sample of Mexican adults. We used data on 1908 men and women aged 19 to 59 participating in the Health Workers Cohort Study in 2004. Fourteen of the healthy reference diet components were used to develop the SDS. We computed an individual SDS for each food component with scales from 0 (non-adherence) to 10 (perfect adherence), as well as a total SDS including all components, ranging from 0 to 140, based on a food frequency questionnaire. Our score incorporates characteristics of the context in which the score is applied, such as the high consumption of tortillas and eggs, and cut-off points that consider the nutrient deficiencies that prevail in the Mexican population. We propose a practical methodology to estimate a SDS incorporating a gradual score for a better distinction between the degrees of adherence to the reference diet proposed by the EAT-Lancet Commission.
Journal	Nutrients
Volume Number	15
PubMed Central reference number	PMC9967068
Issue Number	4
PubMed reference number	36839374
e-ISSN	20726643
DOI	10.3390/nu15041017
Language	English
Publisher	MDPI
Publisher Date	2023-02-17
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). © 2023 by the authors.
Subject Keyword	dietary index sustainable diet México
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Food Science Nutrition and Dietetics